42-30666

Delivered Cheyenne 2/7/43; Kearney 25/7/43; Topeka 14/8/43; Scott 17/8/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-M] Chelveston 18/9/43; on training flight 15/11/43 with ca-Capt Varney Cline, p-Denzel Smith, Co-pilot: John Neundorfer, Navigator: Randolph Lee, Bombardier: Leo Ferrara, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Clark, Radio Operator: Conley Need, Ball turret gunner: Max Caselman, Waist gunner: Clarry Anderson, Waist gunner: Spencer Flynn, Tail gunner: ?; (11 Killed in Service), coll with 42-29953, wreckage down at Newton Bromswold, near base.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37545947
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17129081
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15011357
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
A bomber crew of the 305th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lallah-V" that belly landed on the runway. From left to right they are: First Lieutenant Karl H. Brauer, Navigator, from Indianapolis; Major J. Lawrence Smith co-pilot, from Carpinteria, California; Second Lieutenant Magnus G. Bolken, Operations Officer, from Arnegard, North Dakota; First Lieutenant Robert D. Metcalf, Bombardier, from Sacramento, California; Staff Sergeant John F. Hill, Asst radio operator, from Valhalla, New
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-662747
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676239
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Aircraft

Wolfess
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

15 November 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log