B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24517 / Kali

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24517 / Kali
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-20-BO: 41-24504 to 41-24539
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 303rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 427th Bomb Squadron
RCL GN-O
MACR 6141
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(03 January 1943)
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History of
B-17 41-24517 / Kali

303BG/427BS assigned with crew on 1-May-42 at Alamogordo Field, Almogordo, New Mexico. Sent with crew to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine for deployment 5-Oct-42. Arrived at Molesworth, UK 24-Oct-42. Missing in Action St Nazaire 3-Jan-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed into the Atlantic while on approach to target of St. Nazaire, France. 10KIA, MACR 6141. Participated in 6 Operations (3 were Aborted) See Biography events for crew infomation.

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B-17 41-24517 / Kali Details

Aircraft believed to have gone down in water not far from St. Nazaire due to enemy action. Seen to blow up in air. 

No further information available at this station.

Source: MACR 6141

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B-17 41-24517 / Kali Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P MAJ Charles C. Sheridan KIA
CP 1LT William H. Goetz KIA
BOMB 2LT Robert W. Smith KIA
ENG/TT T/SGT James F. Shelly KIA
RO T/SGT Joseph H. Walters KIA
BT SGT Walter E. Runge KIA
WG SGT Martin F. Mcdonald KIA
WG S/SGT Donald H. Rutt KIA
TG S/SGT Merel D. Bradley KIA

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