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Source:
www.306bg.us
Production-block:
B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 to 41-24489
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
- 369th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GY-F
MACR: 15445
History of
B-17 41-24488 / Banshee
Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-F] Westover 30/8/42; Thurleigh 13/10/42; (tran 367BS [GY-F]); Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with Capt Bill Casey, Co-pilot: Ed O’Brien, Navigator: Bill Owens, Bombardier: Jim McCracken, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilson Elliott (5 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Lewis Ayscue, Ball turret gunner: Joe Borzym, Waist gunner: Morris Gecowets, Waist gunner: Frank Stetler,Tail gunner: Chas Raidline (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, crashed dyke near Greetsiel, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 15445. BANSHEE II.
Last updated: 19. July 2017
16. June 2020 access_time 15:04
A good friend, Bill Owens -Navigator of the Banshee shared stories of the Banshee many years ago. So interesting!
31. August 2021 access_time 17:40
Anyone can provide me with aq copy of the MACR of this plane?
31. August 2021 access_time 17:48
Hello Philip, I am uploading the files later that evening and I will sent you an email with the download url later that day.
Cheers
Jing
31. August 2021 access_time 23:19
Received, thanks very much!!
31. August 2021 access_time 19:34
Hello Philip, I’ve sent you an email with the link to the MACR files.
Cheers
Jing
15. November 2023 access_time 23:48
https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/rooney/wilhelmshaven.html my father was the navigator on theBanshee
15. November 2023 access_time 23:47
were you related to the crew. My father was the navigator. here is a link you might like https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/rooney/wilhelmshaven.html
13. January 2024 access_time 4:15
My great uncle was Wilson Elliott, Flight Engineer. My dad has his flight jacket and other items.
15. January 2024 access_time 17:27
Wilson came to visit my dad around 1988. They had a great time. They would call each other every year on the anniversary of being shot down. They were two very brave and patriotic men.
08. March 2024 access_time 3:34
My second cousin was Captain William J. Casey. He had a colorful life. Orphaned by the 1918 flu, raised by a flying uncle. Battle of Midway, then Europe. POW. Career in Air Force.
12. November 2024 access_time 4:25
My grandfather was a radio operator gunner on the Banshee no. (124448) with the William Casey crew.
He helped paint the fist in iron mail clutching the lightning bolts while they were at Westover field, Mass prior to overseas departure.