369th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft identified by Clifford Deets, 306th BG Historical Association historian
Object Number - FRE 4428 - A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 369th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group that has crash landed.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Thurleigh |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-748164, O-742818
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794067
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39826549
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner, Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2069652
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dixie Demo II
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sons of Fury
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
![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)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Four of a Kind
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
I would very much appreciate if you could add my Father, Lt. Willam J. Pengra, to the 369th page. We was the CP of the Sally Ann in Thurleigh, the Bud Fisher Crew. Here is his information.
William J Pengra | American Air Museum
Many thanks,
Steven Pengra
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)
