Production-block:
B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 to 41-24489
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 322nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LG-R
MACR: 16273
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History of
B-17 41-24479 / Sad Sack
Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-R] 2-September-1942; Bassingbourn 29-September-1942; Missing in Action 23-November-1942 on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. This was the 4th mission for this crew. Last seen with #2 feathered 30 miles out, shot down by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel. 11KIA MACR 16273.
Last updated: 11. June 2019
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B-17 41-24479 / Sad Sack Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | MAJ | Victor S. Zienowicz | KIA | Sqadron CO |
| CP | CPT | Tomas B. McCormick | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Ralph L. Clinton | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Ross E. Frazier | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | 1LT | Arthur S. Applebaum | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | George A. Anderson | KIA | - |
| BT | SGT | Joseph G. Janor | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Wordon J. Ryder | KIA | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Doyce F. Hamrick | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | William C. Graddy | KIA | - |
| OBS | CPT | Herbert W. Hamphy | KIA | - |
10. June 2018 access_time 11:55
My uncle was Capt. Thomas Bolton McCormick on the Sad Sack. I never met him since I was born in 1948, but my dad Nathan McCormick always said that I reminded him of his brother Tommy. If anyone has any info on the crew or my uncle, please email me.
11. June 2019 access_time 14:51
My Uncle was Victor Zienowicz.
14. May 2021 access_time 16:30
MY FATHER WAS HIS CO PILOT TILL THE DAY WHEN HE WAS SICK WITH FLU ON THE 3RD MISSION THOMAS McCORMICK MOVED TO MY FATHERS SEAT AS CO PILOT AND THE MAJOR AND SQUADRON COMMANDER TOOK PILOTS SEAT
28. July 2020 access_time 4:19
Wordon J. Ryder was my uncle
09. August 2020 access_time 22:07
Hi, my grandad was Doyce F Hamrick on Sad Sack if anyone had any info, pics ect it would be very much appreciated