B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24471 / Four of a Kind

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24471 / Four of a Kind
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 to 41-24489
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 306th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 369th Bomb Squadron
MACR 15502
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(13 January 1943)
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History of
B-17 41-24471 / Four of a Kind

Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW- ] Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 2-Oct-42; Missing in Action 13-Jan-43 on a mission to bomb the railroad factories of Ateliers D’Hellemmes at Lille, France. Aircraft was sliced in two and the crew members were trapped in the tumbling sections but the survivors were either thrown clear or managed to scramble out. Arial Gunner Sgt. Thomas D. McMahon managed to evade capture until 24-Apr-43 when he was captured in Brussels, Belgium. 3KIA 7POW MACR 15502.

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B-17 41-24471 / Four of a Kind Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #41-24498 on 13 January 1943.

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B-17 41-24471 / Four of a Kind Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P CPT James A. Johnston KIA
CP CPT Doyle L. Dugger KIA
BOMB 1LT Shedrick B. Jones POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Clyde M. Bennett UNK
RO T/SGT Robert L. Stevenson POW
BT SGT Thomas D. McMahon POW
WG S/SGT Charles T. Tipton KIA
WG S/SGT John P. Morrison POW
TG SGT Fred J. Zdobylak POW

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