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Quelle:
www.fold3.com
Produktionsblock:
B-17F-20-BO: 41-24504 bis 41-24539
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 323rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OR-O
MACR: 279
Einsätze: 16
Geschichte der
B-17 41-24524 / The Eagle’s Wrath
Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-O] Bangor 10/9/42; Bassingbourn 11/10/42; Missing in Action 16m Schweinfurt 17/8/43. Enemy aircraft hit oxygen bottles setting fuselage on fire, crashed Gelnhausen, near Harxheim, 12 miles E of Frankfurt-am-Main, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 279. THE EAGLE’S WRATH.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 25. September 2019
B-17 41-24524 / The Eagle’s Wrath Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Anthony G. Arcaro | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Roman Niemczyk | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Harry K Warner | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | William F Glover | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | James F Jones | KIA | - |
| RO | SGT | Delmar F Kaech | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Harold K Michaud | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Elmer F Lindholm | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Ralph E Dearth | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | William G Golden | POW | - |
28. Januar 2018 access_time 16:57
My father was in the 94th Bomb Group “The Eagles Wrath”. His name was Theodore Roosevelt Pruitt. In the picture on the website from above ^ he is on the first row second from the right. His position was the tail Gunner. I don’t know the man’s name but the one directly behind him” the small man” was the ball turret Gunner. My father passed in 1990 and I don’t have much more information than what I’ve stated.
16. Mai 2020 access_time 1:37
Is there any way to find previous crew members of this aircraft? My uncle Kelly Camp was on this aircraft prior to it being shot down. Just trying to find more information about him and the story.
17. Oktober 2020 access_time 3:26
My Great Uncle James Jones was part of the original crew on the Eagle’s Wrath. He was KIA when the plane was hit on the Shweinfurt-Regensburg mission. From my research, I have not found any living members from the original crew or the final crew. I did connect with a pilot who flew her one time but he just passed last week.
26. April 2021 access_time 22:31
My dad was the original bombardier of “The Eagle’s Wrath”. He always talked about the plane going down over Shweinfurt, 2 missions after his tour was over.
He and Mom went to a lot of bomb group reunions until their numbers thinned and it became hard to travel. Dad passed in 2004, William “Tex” Butler
23. Mai 2021 access_time 3:24
Hi Dale,
I would love to connect and see if you can help with any information regarding the original crew, plane, and my uncle James who was KIA on the last mission.
16. Oktober 2022 access_time 20:25
Hi Dale, 2nd attempt to reply. I went to the museum at Bassingbourn, where your father flew from, with Dean (your brother?).
24. Mai 2020 access_time 2:51
This aircraft can be seen in the background of a dogfight in January 1943: https://i.imgur.com/F1RxZqM.gifv
11. Mai 2021 access_time 16:36
My great grandfather loaded bombs on this exact b17