42-31820
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (WF-E, serial number 42-31820) of the 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group trailing smoke. Handwritten caption on reverse: '25/2/44.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/freeman/media-407728.jpg)
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 4324 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (WF-E, serial number 42-31820) of the 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group trailing smoke. Handwritten caption on reverse:...
Delivered Denver 29/12/43; Kearney 13/1/44; Presque Is 24/1/44; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 15/2/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Foster Perry, Co-pilot: Bob Brundage, Navigator: Rich Plothow, Bombardier: Dudley Winkler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jesse Vowell (5 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Zeb Kisner, Waist gunner: Donato Turchiano, Waist gunner: Odie Gilvin,Tail gunner: Gerhardt Hildebrandt (4 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Jerome Bajenski (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Ferme de Mont Garni, near Raucourt, six miles S of Sedan, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2541.
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Units served with
![Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395050.jpg?itok=yTXjBhMl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395051.jpg?itok=exTw-Ejg)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
![Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-458191.jpg?itok=LzuZ2zXF)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 25 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2541 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database