42-97250
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 23/3/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 6/4/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Derrill Latham, Co-pilot: Ellis Porter, Navigator: Andy Nuttall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bryan Epps (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Harry Bryant, Radio Operator: Winston Breckles, Ball turret gunner: Harry Reed, Waist gunner: Ed Smith,Tail gunner: Ed Walsh (5 Killed in Action); flak hit blew off nose, crashed Erlenstrasse, Eidelstedt/ Holstein, near Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5987.
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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 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-748434
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694395
- Highest Rank: 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) |
Germany | 20 June 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5987 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database