43-37922
Delivered Cheyenne 5/6/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG Chelveston 23/7/44; crashed on take off for Zossen, Ger., 15/2/45 with John Nolan, Art Koslow, Paul Matz, Harry Poland, Ernie Dunker, Edmund Carll (6 Killed in Action); {plus ?Walter Estes, S.J.Silberstein, possibly ground crew?} (6 Killed in Action); Elmer Bauder, Paul McClelland, Jim O’Brian, (?3 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 2SAD 15/2/45.
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Units served with
![Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395050.jpg?itok=yTXjBhMl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395054.jpg?itok=ZIuxg04-)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
![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
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
England | 15 February 1945 |