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Delivered Patterson 5/9/44; Lincoln 12/9/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 6/11/44; 368BS [BO-M]; Missing in Action Kassel 1/1/45 with Bob Stewart, Co-pilot: Ken Straun, Navigator: Lew Wilson, Bombardier: Lou Peterson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Cecere, Radio Operator: Gil Maple, Ball turret gunner: Bill McCue, Waist gunner: Don Bohrer, Tail gunner: Roy Chancellor (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 11249.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13155274 / O-771917
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34344560
- 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
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 1 January 1945 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
The MACR re this aircraft, which was last seen on 1 January 1945 over the North Sea [returning from mission to Kassel] lists the aircraft with these personnel, correctly as being 369th Squadron, 306th Bomb Group.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11249 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database