44-8099
Delivered Dallas 7/6/44; Langley 27/6/44; Dow Fd 25/7/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 24/8/44; Missing in Action Hannover 22/10/44 with Harry Alyea, Co-pilot: Capt Bill McKee, Navigator: Chas Handler, Bombardier: Chas Mueller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gil Terry, Radio Operator: Don Coleman, Ball turret gunner: Bob Capps, Waist gunner: Vince O’Brien, radar/nav-Lt Ray Layfield (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Hastings Key (Returned to Duty); mid air coll with #43-37976(306BG), crashed North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 9655.
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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: O-682757
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17146753
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39129086
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18058352
- 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
Missions
- Date: 22 October 1944
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lili Marlene
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
22 October 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9655 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database