Production-block:
B-17F-20-BO: 41-24504 to 41-24539
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 6706
History of
B-17 41-24510 / Snoozy II
Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 16-Aug-42; to Thurleigh 27-Sep-42; Missing in Action Lille 9-Oct-42 shot down by hptm Priller (III/JG26), crashed railway line Tournai, near Nechin (Menen), Belgium; (first aircraft loss of group) MACR 6706. SNOOZY II. 6KIA 1POW 2EVD.
Last updated: 4. November 2017
B-17 41-24510 / Snoozy II Details
Shot down by Hptm Priller (III/JG26). First loss of the 306th Bomb Group
B-17 41-24510 / Snoozy II Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | CPT | John W. Olsen | KIA | - |
CP | 2LT | Joseph N. Gates | KIA | - |
NAV | 2LT | William J. Gise | EVD | - |
BOMB | 2LT | Albert W. LaChasse | POW | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | Erwin Wissenback | EVD | - |
RO | T/SGT | Thomas W. Dynan | KIA | - |
BT | S/SGT | Bruce Nicholson | KIA | - |
WG | S/SGT | Truman C. Wilder | KIA | - |
TG | S/SGT | Bert E. Kaylor | KIA | - |
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