42-39768 Spikey Chair
Delivered Long Beach 26/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 9/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 13/12/43 with Wesley Brinkley, Co-pilot: Chas Mull, Bombardier: Don Dickson, Radio Operator: Fred Kittredge, Ball turret gunner: George Murat, Waist gunner: Stan Rust, Tail gunner: Floyd Younger (7 Killed in Action), Navigator: Bernie Grossman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Landherr, Waist gunner: Frank Cargill (3 POW - picked up by German fishing boat); KO’d by flak, ditched North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 1575.
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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
- Service Numbers: 20537909 / O-742948
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32565571
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679334
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32108012 / O-688433
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31163119
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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
Missions
- Date: 13 December 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Long Beach, CA | 26 August 1943 | Delivered Long Beach 26-Aug-43. |
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Assigned |
Thurleigh, UK | 9 October 1943 | Assigned 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Vicinity Hohe Weg, Germany | 13 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen 13-Dec-43; Fell behind Group due to mech issues, bombed target through overcast, on return hit by tracking flak. Abandoned by crew over Jade Bight near Wilhelmshaven 3 x POW, 7 x KIA MACR 1575 |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA |