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Delivered Denver 26/12/43; Long Beach 29/12/43; 1SAG Langley 29/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 9/2/44; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-A] Chelveston 20/3/44; 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 2/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 21/11/44 with Edwin Schoenbachler, Co-pilot: Marvin Traver, Navigator: Matt Radnofsky, Bombardier: Doug McKnight, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Moore, Radio Operator: Nobert Lynch, Ball turret gunner: Sam Pugliese, Waist gunner: Bill Martin,Tail gunner: Hastings Key, Mickey op-Lt George Hauck; (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Osnabruck; Missing Air Crew Report 10414. CASA DE UMBRIAGO.
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Units served with
![Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395055.jpg?itok=Fcx5fW4h)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395059.jpg?itok=JE_Sho47)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-28082.jpeg?itok=mm_Zx9Wj)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741973
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Mickey Operator, Pathfinder Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18058352
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15108258
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14155934
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Waist Gunner
Places
![Aerial photograph of Alconbury airfield, looking east. The technical site is at the top, the bomb dump is on the left, 9 May 1944. Photograph taken by 13th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group USAAF, sortie number US/7GR/LOC334. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-2.jpg?itok=Q4O78Fzi)
- Site type: Airfield
![Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-458191.jpg?itok=LzuZ2zXF)
- 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/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg?itok=zmglI2BR)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 21 November 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database