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Production-block:
B-17F-27-BO: 41-24585 to 41-24639
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 427th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GN-W
MACR: 15473
History of
B-17 41-24607 / Jerry Jinx & What’s Up Doc?
Assigned 427BS/303BG at Bangor 24-Sep-42; Molesworth 25-Oct-42; Missing in Action 23-Jan-43 on a mission to bomb the port area and U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Aircraft sustained damage from AA fire over the target and was ditched into the sea near Lorient, France. Was also named “What’s Up Doc” at one time. 10KIA MACR 15473.
Last updated: 2. May 2025
B-17 41-24607 / Jerry Jinx & What’s Up Doc? Details
The above aircraft failed to return from a combat mission over western France 23 Jan 1943, and is believed to have gone down at sea as no trace of it or the crew have been reported to be found.
Source: MACR 15473
B-17 41-24607 / Jerry Jinx & What’s Up Doc? Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Ehle H. Reber | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Allan D. Mitchell | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Jarold J. Byrom | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Robert J. Swindle | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Duke L. Hamilton | KIA | - |
| RO | SGT | Irwin D. Blankenship | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Donald A. Mayo | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Luther M. Gross | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Victor G. Hand | KIA | - |
| TG | SGT | Roger W. Milford | KIA | - |
17. February 2021 access_time 21:00
Info 41-24604. Arkie SD 26Feb43. Macr 15443. Darrell W Coats. TG
27. March 2023 access_time 0:20
Ehle Reber, pilot in command of the Jerry Jinx graduated Valedictorian from Malin High School in ’36 or ’37. Graduated University of Oregon. Joined the Army Air Corp. Lost in action January 23rd, 1943 flying the B-17 Jerry Jinx. The crew of the Jerry Jinx is memorialized on the wall of the Veteran’s memorial in Malin, a farming town of 800 on the Oregon-California border. I can send a picture to anyone interested in the Memorial.