Production-block:
B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 to 41-24489
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 369th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 15392
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
Last updated: 31. October 2017
B-17 41-24478 Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 1LT | Clay E. Isbell | KIA | - |
CP | 2LT | Dyer Fulton | KIA | - |
NAV | 1LT | Peter J. Fryer | POW | - |
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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