42-30706
Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Gr Isle 23/7/43; Kearney 8/8/43; Topeka 13/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-W] Thurleigh 25/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Ray Ryther, Co-pilot: Alvie Myers, Bombardier: Jay Weiselberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilmer Griffith, Radio Operator: Tom Gold, Waist gunner: Lester Terry (6 Prisoner of War), Navigator: John Dennison, Ball turret gunner: Paul Wells, Waist gunner: Lee Laney,Tail gunner: Lamoyne Billheimer (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Frischenmoor, 15 miles NE of Oldenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1701.
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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 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-750241
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist 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
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 20 December 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1701 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database