William Joseph Condon

Military

William Condon was Engineer/Top Turret gunner on board of B-17 ≠42-29744, lost 15 May 1943, crashed in the North Sea near Cuxhaven, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

367th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Reuben Ard Carr

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 07002327
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

James Myron Clark

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: T-000085
Highest Rank: Flight Officer
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Frank Burr Clemons

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17042780 at enlistment, then O-729813
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Roy Thomas Fries

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39095792
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Oran Russell Highley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18069325 at enlistment, then O-732618
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-29744

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Battling Bee
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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.'

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois	2 April 1921
Enlisted		12 January 1942	Chicago, Illinois
Other Prisoner of War (POW)		15 May 1943	Captured 15 May 1943 in Altenwalde, near Cuxhaven, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : "Interned at Stalag XVIIB, Barracks 30A, Braunau, near Krems, Austria.
Other Discharged		7 October 1945
Died		15 July 1992	Fremont, California
			Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Revisions

Date13 Dec 2020 11:21:10

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ChangesChanges to biography, awards and events

Sources

MACR 15512
NARA WWII Enlistment record
NARA WWII POW record
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)

Date12 Dec 2020 13:50:54

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ChangesChanges to middlename, biography and events

Sources

WWII Draft card

Date12 Dec 2020 11:00:42

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Sources

MACR 15512

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:16

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15512 / MACR 15512, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey, p. 122, NARA POW database / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database