B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24515 / Marie Jane

General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-20-BO: 41-24504 to 41-24539
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 91st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 324th Bomb Squadron
RCL: DF-H
MACR: 3458 & 4439
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire
(21 May 1943)
Missions: 24+
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History of
B-17 41-24515 / Marie Jane

Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bangor 2-Sep-42; Bassingbourn 26-Sep-42; Missing in Action (KIA) 24+m Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21-May-43. Aircraft sustained damage from flak & enemy aircraft, crashed into the North Sea, 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report 3458 & 4439. (Actually completed 25 missions two weeks before Memphis Belle but Hollywood overuled this ship !) MARIE JANE aka JERSEY BOUNCE.

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B-17 41-24515 / Marie Jane Details

#41-24515 / Marie Jane beside the Memphis Belle (DF-A)

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B-17 41-24515 / Marie Jane Crew

Position Rank Name (First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name) Status Note
P 1LT Philip S. Fischer KIA
CP 1LT Charles W. Freschauf KIA
BOMB 1LT John W. Joslin, Jr. KIA
ENG/TT T/SGT Herbert H. Harvey KIA
RO S/SGT Mark W. Margason KIA
BT S/SGT Robert W. Cole KIA
WG S/SGT Willard O. Simpson KIA
WG S/SGT Sidney L. Kohn KIA
TG S/SGT Jearld H. Jones KIA

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