42-30730 Dearly Beloved
Delivered Denver 19/7/43; Geiger 9/8/32; Walla Walla 11/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-B] Thurleigh 20/9/43; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Dave Ramsey, Co-pilot: Edwin Miller, Navigator: Bob Krohn, Bombardier: Sterling Strange, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Ryan, Radio Operator: John Gray, Ball turret gunner: Paul Callaghan, Waist gunner: Carl Potter, Waist gunner: Don Miller,Tail gunner: Paul Walshin (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4 followed by fire, crashed Augsburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4278. DEARLY BELOVED.
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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
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 32460857
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer & Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694882
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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) |
24 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4278 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database