B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-2403

Source:
MacArthur Museum

General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 to 41-2669
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 11th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 26th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Squadron
Fate: , ditched
(26 January 1943)
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History of
B-17 41-2403

Delivered Strategic Arms Depot 8-Nov-41; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hickam/Wheeler, HI 20-Oct-42, then to 26BS; ditched off Guadalcanal 26-Jan-43 with Capt Woodruff and Gen. Nathan Twining aboard [13thAF CO], along with rest of crew were picked up from two dinghies by USN PBY Catalina five days later. Officially Written off 16-Jul-44.

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