42-30586
Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/43; Gr Isle 16/7/43; Kearney 20/7/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-A] Thurleigh 8/8/43; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Bob MacDowell (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Fred Puckett Wounded in Action; Navigator: Bob SchmeilauWounded in Action, Bombardier: Larry ChristoforiWounded in Action, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Frye, Radio Operator: Jim Prout, Ball turret gunner: Bill Murdock, Waist gunner: Larry Wagoner, Waist gunner: Bob Emery,Tail gunner: John Hazy (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit #3 & #4, crashed Hainhausen, 16 miles NE of Munich, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4239.
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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: O-690547
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: AF-6999434
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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) |
Germany | 24 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4239 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database