42-97135
Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Presque 27/2/44; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 2/3/44; transferred 710BS/447BG [IJ-N] Rattlesden 3/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Chas Marcy Wounded in Action, Co-pilot: Jesse Kendler, Navigator: George Compton, Bombardier: Jim Conway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Schrimsher, Radio Operator: Abe Farah, Ball turret gunner: Jim Isherwood, Waist gunner: Ed Perkins, Waist gunner: Bill Nicholas, Tail gunner: Jim Scully (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #1 and aircraft on fire, crashed Zermutzel, three miles N of Neuruppin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4252.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672941
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39321814
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13131743
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809818
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 April 1944 |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “three” was misspelled.
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4252 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database