44-8868 Lon Boy
Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/45; Hunter 3/2/45; with ? Harris force landed Grenier 20/2/45; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-X] Molesworth 28/2/45; transferred 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 27/3/45; `2+m` 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45, damaged while parked the next day; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46. LON BOY.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- 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/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford