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42-38106

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Mitchell 7/1/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-B] Chelveston 11/2/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/3/44 with Bill Wayenberg, Co-pilot: Ed Church, Navigator: Tom Stanford, Bombardier: Bill Bracken, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Gannon, Radio Operator: Art Carroll, Ball turret gunner: Bill Minton, Waist gunner: Terrell Tucker,Tail gunner: John Sheppard (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Jerome Helmer (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Lingwedel, 28 miles N of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3476.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.

366th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

William A Bracken

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Arthur P Carroll

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32670464
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Edward S Church

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Gerald H Gannon

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11105443
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Jerome J Helmer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist 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

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

29 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:48

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3476 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database