42-97463
Delivered Denver 22/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 8/1/44; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N. I. 15/1/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 27/1/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/2/44 with Harry Richard, Waist gunner: Don Kennedy (2KIA-both bailed too low); Co-pilot: Jack Cuthbertson, Navigator: Murray Greenberg, Bombardier: Rich Bale, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Crouse, Radio Operator: Floyd Baker, Ball turret gunner: Foster Smith, Waist gunner: Clayton Cretton,Tail gunner: Jack Hall (8 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed near Efurt A/fd, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2430.
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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
- Service Numbers: 39259970
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686177
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-120983
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2430 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database