42-5826 JERAVAD Une Petite Peu
Notice 24 Mission Complete . . . either 1 more "to go" or 1 more "to paint."
Brett Sherman (Grandson of Fred P. Sherman)
Mission dates and locations are from Fred Sherman's personal journal.
Following "People Connections" were not in database:
John Hodge, James Kimbal?/Kimble?, L.B. Jones, Harold Kruger, Stephen Rosek, "Mister" (the Dog)
Object Number - UPL 31282 - Nose Art: B-17F A/C 42-5826 JERAVAD "Une Petite Peu" Notice 24 Mission Complete . . . either 1 more "to go" or 1 more "to paint."
Delivered Long Beach 2/3/43; Walla Walla 29/3/43; Lowry 10/4/43; Presque Is 24/4/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-W] Thurleigh 7/5/43; Missing in Action Kiel 29/7/43 with Keith Conley, Co-pilot: Vince DeVos, Bombardier: Bob Sanford, Radio Operator: Frank Oetttinger, Ball turret gunner: Hugh Furr, Waist gunner: Chas Owen, Waist gunner: Russ Robinson, Tail gunner: Marvin Currier (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Hyman Adler chute failed to open properly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Leonardini (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Alvaneu, near Schleswig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 122. JERAVAD 'UNE PETITE PEU'.
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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
- Service Numbers: O-795165
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-662886
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37199822
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-800334
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39382232
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
![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: 28 July 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 14 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 July 1943 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Brett Sherman (Grandson)
Mission dates and locations taken from Fred Sherman's personal journal.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 122 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
![Sergeant Harold Rogers of the 401st Bomb Group with his dog mascot "Mister", in the waist gun position of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Un Petit Peu". Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 2 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '30195.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US ARMY OFFICIAL PHOTO. This dog "Mister" belongs to Sgt Harold Rogers, of Miami, Okla, in the US Army 8th Air Force. "Mister" has already been in five missions, including the raid on Huls, German. He rides in tail of plane- a Fo](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457012.jpg.webp?itok=DvhwhKtr)
