42-39935
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Fr: Horst, Frank Wright CP, John Joplin N, Henry Schmitz B.
Bk: William Osgood e, Arthur Cook, ro, Laurel Kloster bt, Edward Justice wg, Edward Ryan wg, Joe Threlkeld, tg via http://www.8thafhsoregon.com/archive/306th/index.aspx
Associated people.
Object Number - UPL 55569 - Rudolph Horst III Crew - 369th Fr: Horst, Frank Wright CP, John Joplin N, Henry Schmitz B. Bk: William Osgood e, Arthur Cook, ro, Laurel Kloster...
Delivered Long Beach 11/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 22/11/43; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Rudolph Horst III, Co-pilot: Frank Wright, Navigator: John Joplin, Bombardier: Henry Schmitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Osgood, Radio Operator: Art Cook, Ball turret gunner: Laurel Kloster, Waist gunner: Ed Ryan, Waist gunner: Ed Justice,Tail gunner: Joe Threlkeld (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, last seen in target area of Bonn, no trace so probably crashed in sea; Missing Air Crew Report 2651.
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Units served with
![Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395055.jpg?itok=Fcx5fW4h)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 31228868
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804451
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-688056
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39556604
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37319251
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
![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/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg?itok=zmglI2BR)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 22 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2651 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database