B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-2463 / Yankee Doodle

History of
B-17 41-2463 / Yankee Doodle

Delivered Geiger 28/12/41; Assigned 26BS/11BG Hickam 13/2/42; transferred 394BS/5BG; crashed on take off Guadalcanal with Gene Roddenberry (later of Star Trek fame) 2/8/43; Bombardier: John Kruger, Navigator: Talbert Wollam [body taken home for burial 15/3/48] (2 Killed in Action), rest of unknown crew OK; Written off 13/8/43. [however another record gives aircraft was destroyed on ground at Morotai A/fd. D.E.I. by Japanese bombing in 11/44] YANKEE DOODLE.

Last updated: 9. April 2019

Related web sites about the B-17 41-2463 / Yankee Doodle

1. https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2463.html