Produktionsblock:
B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 bis 41-24489
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
- 369th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GY-F
MACR: 15445
Geschichte der
B-17 41-24488 / Banshee
Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-F] Westover 30/8/42; Thurleigh 13/10/42; (tran 367BS [GY-F]); Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with Capt Bill Casey, Co-pilot: Ed O’Brien, Navigator: Bill Owens, Bombardier: Jim McCracken, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilson Elliott (5 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Lewis Ayscue, Ball turret gunner: Joe Borzym, Waist gunner: Morris Gecowets, Waist gunner: Frank Stetler,Tail gunner: Chas Raidline (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, crashed dyke near Greetsiel, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 15445. BANSHEE II.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. Juli 2017
16. Juni 2020 access_time 15:04
A good friend, Bill Owens -Navigator of the Banshee shared stories of the Banshee many years ago. So interesting!
31. August 2021 access_time 17:40
Anyone can provide me with aq copy of the MACR of this plane?
31. August 2021 access_time 17:48
Hello Philip, I am uploading the files later that evening and I will sent you an email with the download url later that day.
Cheers
Jing
31. August 2021 access_time 23:19
Received, thanks very much!!
31. August 2021 access_time 19:34
Hello Philip, I’ve sent you an email with the link to the MACR files.
Cheers
Jing
15. November 2023 access_time 23:48
https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/rooney/wilhelmshaven.html my father was the navigator on theBanshee
15. November 2023 access_time 23:47
were you related to the crew. My father was the navigator. here is a link you might like https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/rooney/wilhelmshaven.html
13. Januar 2024 access_time 4:15
My great uncle was Wilson Elliott, Flight Engineer. My dad has his flight jacket and other items.
15. Januar 2024 access_time 17:27
Wilson came to visit my dad around 1988. They had a great time. They would call each other every year on the anniversary of being shot down. They were two very brave and patriotic men.
08. März 2024 access_time 3:34
My second cousin was Captain William J. Casey. He had a colorful life. Orphaned by the 1918 flu, raised by a flying uncle. Battle of Midway, then Europe. POW. Career in Air Force.