B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24478

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24478
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 15392
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire
(23 November 1942)
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History of
B-17 41-24478

Assigned 369BS/306BG Westover 19-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; Missing in Action 23-Nov-42 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Flak and German fighters KO’d engines #1 & #2 and 10ft off end of left wing. Crashed near Piriac, France. 8KIA 2POW MACR 15392

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B-17 41-24478 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT Clay E. Isbell KIA
CP 2LT Dyer Fulton KIA
BOMB 2LT Abraham L. Burden POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Erwin Grenke KIA
RO SGT Robert S. Kryak KIA
BT S/SGT Edward Kostecki KIA
WG S/SGT Ray E. Buckmaster KIA
WG SGT David W Lindsey KIA
TG S/SGT George L. Houx KIA

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