42-3209 Janell
Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-Q] Thurleigh 25/5/43; Missing in Action Huls 22/6/43 with Jim Johnson, Co-pilot: Harry Dunn, Navigator: Norm Simpson, Bombardier: Ernie Gast, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George LaRubio, Radio Operator: ? no record, Ball turret gunner: D. W. O’Conner, Waist gunner: Mike Shuta, Waist gunner: Laverne Hansen,Tail gunner: Bob Bell (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Laverne Hansen (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Muhlen, near Dulmen/Westfalen, Ger. No MACR. JANELL.
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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
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret 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