42-38163
Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 6/2/44; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-N] Thurleigh 29/2/44; Missing in Action French A/Flds 17/6/44 with Joe Pedersen, Bombardier: John Wonning, Waist gunner: Warren Kerr (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Leon Blood, Navigator: Ragnar Gustafson, Bombardier: Bill Smith, Ball turret gunner: Jack Blackwell, Tail gunner: Herman Ehrhard (5 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Barney Arnold (KIA-on train strafed by P-47); flak, crashed Torce-Viviers-en-Charnie, 22 miles NW of Le Mans, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5896.
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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 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18061280
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39898014
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818819
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811635
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
![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)
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 17 June 1944 |