42-3533
Delivered Denver 24/7/43; Pyote 4/8/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-E] Thurleigh 21/9/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/11/43 with Don Wadley, Co-pilot: Kazimier Kazimiocruk{RAF}, Navigator: Pete Marinos, Bombardier: Chas Ashman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Santiago Cano, Radio Operator: Randall Little, Ball turret gunner: LeRoy Stahlman, Waist gunner: Merl Dixon, Waist gunner: Ken Cameron,Tail gunner: Mike Ravasio (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-30776, crashed North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 1159.
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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 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rattlesnake Bomber Base
![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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 3 November 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1159 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database