UPL 33410
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Corporal Wayne W. Stellish and the Control tower personnel at 306th BG, Thurleigh, England. Wayne is front row, second from the right.
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Units
- 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 4th Station Complement Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37427661
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Air Traffic Controller
Locations
![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
Revisions
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesCreated entry with collection, caption, unit associations and person associations
Sources
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.