42-107063
Yorkshireman
Assigned: 16 February 1944 - Continental Airlines / Boeing Modification Center - (Denver Municipal)
Assigned: 5 March 1944 - 2nd AF / 398th BG - (Rapid City AAF)
Assigned: 28 April 1944 - ATC / North Atlantic Wing - (Dow AAF)
Assigned: 1 May 1944 / 5 May 1944 - 8th AF / VIII Service Command / BAD 1 - (RAF Burtonwood)
Assigned: 18 May 1944 - 8th AF / 1st BD / 40th CBW / 306th BG / 367th BS - (RAF Thurleigh)
( Triangle-H ) ( A )
Crash landing (class 3): 30 November 1944 @ 1707 hrs (Pilot error / weather)
with 1Lt Leland P Deck
Pilot landed long at RAF Membury and cracked-up 30 feet beyond the end of the runway.
5 RTD - SOC
AAF accident report: 45-11-30-520
8th AF mission (Cross country to RAF Membury and return)
Ground accident (class 3): 12 December 1944 (Pilot error / weather)
aircraft was parked.
Aircraft was in the process of being salvaged at RAF Membury when it was struck by
C-47B #43-16388 (Pilot 2Lt James P Barlow). The C-47 was returning wounded troops from Paris to a local field hospital
AAF accident report: 45-12-12-522
Salvaged: 3 December 1944 / 18 January 1945
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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: 14161865
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.