Production-block:
B-17F-1-BO: 41-24340 to 41-24389
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 43rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 63rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 15100
History of
B-17 41-24356 / Ka Puhio Wela aka Double Trouble
Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/42; Assigned 63BS/43BG Charlesville, Aus. 21/8/42; Torrens Creek, Aus. 27/8/42; Iron Range, Aus. 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Missing in Action shot down when in Battle of Bismark Sea 3/3/43 with Woodrow W. Moore, the crew being strafed in their chutes. KA-PUHIO-WELA aka DOUBLE TROUBLE.
Last updated: 5. July 2017
16. December 2022 access_time 8:04
My great uncle 2nd lt Louis miller was in this plane