42-5784
Delivered Long Beach 25/1/43; Salina 1/2/43; New Castle 16/2/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 12/3/43; transferred 369BS, taxi accident with Bart Wigginton 15/3/43; Missing in Action St Nazaire 1/5/43 with Bart Wigginton, Co-pilot: Ralph Denny, Navigator: Bob Farmer, Bombardier: Dave Nordberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Cybulski, Radio Operator: Abe Cogan, Ball turret gunner: Bill Dyakovich, Waist gunner: Cleston Harrison, Waist gunner: Rob Gordon,Tail gunner: Ralph Wallace (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched Channel off Brest, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 15635.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12036028
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36235056
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13081725
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-663245
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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/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) |
English Channel | 1 May 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15635 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database