Production-block:
B-17F-5-BO: 41-24390 to 41-24439
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 19th Bomb Group
- 43rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 30th Bomb Squadron
- 64th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 16387
History of
B-17 41-24425
Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/42; Assigned 30BS/19BG Mareeba, Aus 21/8/42; transferred 64BS/43BG Fenton Fd, Aus; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; mid-air coll with 42-24355 over Port Moresby on compass test 17/4/43 with Capt Charles McArthur Jr. Co-pilot: La Rue Haralson, Joe Whitelaw, Bob Greenwood, Bill Phillips, Bryony Wysocki, George Neumann (7 Killed in Service), crashed into sea. Missing Air Crew Report 16787. (?15667)
Last updated: 5. July 2017
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