43-37633
Courtesy of Clifford Deets, 306th BGHA Historian.
Object Number - UPL 19601 - B-17 43-37633 of the 368th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group.
Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44. Dow Fd 4/6/44.
Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-Z] Thurleigh 10/6/44.
On return from Kassel, involved in mid air coll with 43-38019 (306BG) over Greenham Common, UK 15/12/44 with:
Pilot - Chas Crooks ;
Co-pilot - John Mockus;
Navigator - Elija Slocum;
Bombardier / tog - Harry Polderman;
Flight engineer/top turret gunner - Wayne Laubert;
Radio Operator - Albert Seaberg;
Ball turret gunner - Joe Mandula;
Waist gunner - Lloyd Cain;
Tail gunner - Dick Miller.
(9 Killed in Action).
16 Killed in Action in total.
Salvaged.
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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 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-767501
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12239550
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Milk Run Special
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
Greenham, West Berkshire, UK | 15 December 1944 | Mid air collision with 43-38019 (306BG). Crashed at Greenham Common, UK. 16 killed in total. |
Revisions
Added the Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17g-65-bo-43-37509-4…
Associated to unit and airmen's records from the information in the Description field.
