Production-block:
B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 to 41-24489
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 16448
History of
B-17 41-24474 / Floozy
Assigned to 306BG/367BS at Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 17-Sep-42. Damaged by anti-aircraft fire over St. Nazaire, France while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at La Pallice, France. The aircraft was then attacked by German FW-190 fighters over the Bay of Biscay and the aircraft was ditched into the sea but floated long enough for crew members to extricate the wounded Top Turret Gunner, TSgt Lester D. Quandt from the aircraft. The Bombardier, 2Lt Kenneth H. Jones baled out over the sea, but was lost.1KIA 9POW MACR 16448.
Last updated: 31. October 2017
B-17 41-24474 / Floozy Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Ralph J. Gaston | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Don H. Eldridge | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | James O. Walker | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Kenneth H. Jones | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Lester D. Quandt | POW | WIA |
| RO | SGT | John B. Jones | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Rudolph Garcia | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Percy C. Bolinger | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Albert J. Conte | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Joseph A. Dillard | POW | - |
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