42-5306
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Object Number - UPL 60005 - B-17 42-5308 & 42-5306 Brand New
Delivered Tulsa 16/11/42; New Castle 9/12/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-P] Thurleigh 1/1/43; in taxi accident at base with Warren Grey 27/6/43; transferred 359BS/303BG [BN-Q] Molesworth 25/9/43; Missing in Action Pas De Calais 28/2/44 with Noel Shoup, Co-pilot: Jim Litherland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Bragg, Radio Operator: Don Harrison, Ball turret gunner: Bill Hostetter, Waist gunner: Bob Gribble, Tail gunner: Harry Ross (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Chas McLain, Waist gunner: Nick Asvestos (ret UK mid May ‘44) (2 evaded capture), Navigator: Byron Clark (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed between Ler Translay & Wiammeville, eight miles SW of Abbeville, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2863.
Made 3 spirals out of control after being hit by flak at 11,000 ft. The left wing came off and the aircraft exploded in mid-air and crashed at 14.39 hrs between Le Translay & Wiammeville, 8 miles SW of Abbeville, France. MACR 2863.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12181065
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06288092
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18137605 / O-685539
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36116660 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Crew Chief / Engineering officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
![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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Tulsa AAF, OK | 16 November 1942 | Delivered Tulsa AAF 16-Nov-42. |
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Assigned |
Thurleigh, UK | 1 January 1943 | Assigned 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed |
Thurleigh, UK | 27 June 1943 | Taxi accident at base with Warren Grey 27-Jun-43. |
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Assigned |
Molesworth, UK | 25 September 1943 | Transferred 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed |
SW of Abbeville, France | 28 February 1944 - 28 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) De Calais 28/2/44;flak, crashed between Ler Translay & Wiammeville, eight miles SW of Abbeville, Fr. MACR 2863. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2863 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
