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Production-block:
B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 to 41-24489
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 324th Bomb Squadron
- 367th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DF-J
Missions: 9
History of
B-17 41-24464 / Excalibur
Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; transferred 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 20-Feb-43; Missing in Action (MIA) 2m Hamm 4-Mar-43. Shot down by Lt Kostler (IV/NJG1) in Me 110, KO’d #1 & #3,oil pouring away before #4 was feathered ditched 40 miles west of Texel Is, Holland, in North Sea; five rescued by Royal Navy minesweeper and landed at Grimsby; EXCALIBUR. 3KIA 7RTD (Rescued by Royal Navy). No MACR issued.
Last updated: 14. May 2021
B-17 41-24464 / Excalibur Details
The pictures are from Memphis Belle RAW footage. Date of captures are probably 26 or 27 February 1943.
B-17 41-24464 / Excalibur Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Allen Brill | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | Allan W. Lowry | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Roland P. Ball | RTD | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Robert F. Brubaker | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | William G. Dickson | RTD | - |
| RO | S/SGT | D. C. Wells | RTD | - |
| BT | S/SGT | James E. Morgan, Jr. | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | James M. Bechtel | RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | L. W. Wolfington | RTD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | J. L. Baker | RTD | - |
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