42-3076
Delivered Denver 3/2/43; Morrison 12/3/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-H] Thurleigh 20/4/43;
Battle damaged Kassel 28/7/43 with Woodrow Thomas, Co-pilot: J.G. Parks, Navigator: Harry McCaleb, Bombardier: Joe Lukens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Heybourne, Radio Operator: Francis Palmer, Ball turret gunner: Ed DeByer, Waist gunner: Ernie Henderson, Waist gunner: Marcel St Louis, Tail gunner: Jim Harris (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed RAF Hawkinge, Kent, UK, caught fire and burnt; Salvaged. Written off 31/1/44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38259045
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15101646
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734363
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Hawkinge, Folkestone CT18, UK | 28 July 1944 |