B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24354

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24354
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-1-BO: 41-24340 to 41-24389
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 19th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 93rd Bomb Squadron
MACR 16099
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(26 August 1942)
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History of
B-17 41-24354

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/42; Assigned 93BS/19BG Mareeba, Aus. 5/9/42; completed at least 79 missions, ten Japanese aircraft destroyed and eight Japanese ships hit; with Capt Clyde Webb, Co-pilot: Maj Harold Willsie, Navigator: Philip Reece, Bombardier: Seth Ford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Roberts, Radio Operator: John Kominicki, Waist gunner: Ferris Antone, Waist gunner: Harry Davis,Tail gunner: Ray Weeks (9 Killed in Action); shot down by flak over Milne Bay, NG 26/8/43.

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B-17 41-24354 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P CPT Clyde H. Webb Jr. KIA
CP MAJ Harold Willsie KIA
BOMB 1LT Seth A. Ford KIA
ENG/TT SGT Carl T. Roberts KIA
RO SGT John Kominicki KIA
WG CPL Ferris J. Antone KIA
WG PVT Harold W. Davis KIA
TG PVT Raymond B. Weeks KIA

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