42-31406 Alexander
Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-O] Thurleigh 21/1/44; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Tom Symons, Co-pilot: John Wempe, Navigator: Bob Jobe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Ellison, Ball turret gunner: Julius Parrish (5 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bob Proctor (WIA), Radio Operator: Bob Woodruff, Waist gunner: Joe Fiddes, Waist gunner: Hayden Collier, Tail gunner: Albert Doine (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Dermbach, Co. Altenkirchen, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2650. ALEXANDER.
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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 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39691559
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12043922
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner, waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: 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) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 22 February 1944 |
Revisions
Corrected surname from Hayden Collins to Hayden Collier:
https://www.fold3.com/image/28615151
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=54240
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2650 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database