42-3087 Clean Cut
Delivered to Denver 14/1/43; Assigned to the 95BG Alconbury in Marrakesh, Morocco 20/3/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-W] Thurleigh 11/4/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG Bovingdon; with Bill Bisson, gear collapsed on landing 31/7/43; 547BS/384BG [SO-O] Grafton Underwood 4/9/43; Missing in Action on a mission to Aschersleben on 22 April 1944 with William Kew, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: James Ross (2KIA-recovered in Hardberg); Co-pilot: Charles Nicklett, Navigator: Irvan O’Hara, Bombardier: Carleton Dow, Radio Operator: Harry Miles, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Baird, Waist gunner: Charles Whipple, Waist gunner: John Lunceford,Tail gunner: James Hopkins (8 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed at Gahlen, four miles West of Dorsten, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 2466. CLEAN CUT.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735966
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 728960
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Stapleton Airfield : Stapleton International Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
![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
Missions
- Date: 22 February 1944
- Date: 21 February 1944
- Date: 20 February 1944
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress on the 4 February 1944. Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '4-2-44.' Printed caption removed from reverse. Censor no: 304545. On reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413520.jpg.webp?itok=8ZB41rSN)
- Date: 11 February 1944
- Date: 8 February 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Denver, CO, USA | 14 January 1943 - 20 March 1943 | For modification |
|
Delivered |
Marrakesh, Morocco | 20 March 1943 - 11 April 1943 | For move to England. Assigned to 95th Bomb Group |
|
Transferred |
Thurleigh, Bedford, England, UK | 11 April 1943 - 4 September 1943 | 306th Bomb Group, 367th Bomb Squadron |
|
Transferred |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK | 4 September 1943 - 22 February 1944 | 384th Bomb Group, 547th, Bomb Squadron |
|
Crashed |
Gahlen, Schermbeck, Germany | 22 February 1944 - 22 February 1944 | MIA on mission to Aschersleben. Shot down by enemy aircraft. MACR 2466 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2466 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database