42-107153 Denny Boy
Accepted Long Beach 8 March 1944; Douglas Modification Center / Tulsa Sioux City 11 March 1944; Hunter 24 March 1944 / 5 April 1944; Grenier 7 April 1944; BAD 1 14 April 1944 / 19 April 1944; Assigned 369BS/306BG [V / Denny Boy] RAF Thurleigh 25 APril 1944; Missing in Action Munich 16 July 1944 with Fred Jones, Co-pilot: Cliff Hammersley, Navigator: Chas Weaver, Bombardier: Bob Stanaker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Griffiths, Radio Operator: Bob Price, Ball turret gunner: Woodie Rose, Waist gunner: Milton Katz,Tail gunner: Art Flores (9 visited); flak damage, crash landed Feternes, near Lake Geneva, still in France but with Marquis help crossed into Switzerland and internment. Missing Air Crew Report 7567.
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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
- Service Numbers: 34042036
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32450239
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-813148
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12140654
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist 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
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 16 July 1944 |