Source:
Air Force Museum of New Zealand
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 to 41-2669 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 19th Bomb Group, 43rd Bomb Group, 7th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 30th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Squadron, 65th Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: | |
History of
B-17 41-2434
Delivered Salt Lake with Fred Eaton SAD 30/11/41; Assigned 88RS/7BG [aircraft 29] Hickam, flew into Pearl Harbor during Japanese raid 7/12/41 with Lt Dave Rawls, Lt John Compton, Avn Cdt Bob Jones, S/Sgt Bob Dunn, S/Sgt Wilson Palmer, Sgt Bob Palmer, Sgt Sheldon Beaton, Pfc Abe Francisco; then transferred 30BS/19BG, transferred 40BS & 65BS/43BG; while on test flight for a new flare-dropping mechanism, the device malfunctioned, the flare exploded inside the aircraft which crashed off Yorkey Knob, near Cairns, en route Aus 17/8/42, with Paul M. Lindsay and 30RS CO Maj Dean C.Hoevet, Coy Adams, Steve Androkovich, Bill Chesser, Paul Lindsay, Herman Randall, Art Sorrell, Max Stone, George Hammersmith, Bernard Merker, Ralph Tarod (12 Killed in Service). Written off 31/10/44. Missing Air Crew Report 16404.
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