41-24524 / The Eagle’s Wrath | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress

B-17 #41-24524 / The Eagle’s Wrath — **Source:**
www.fold3.com

Production-block:
B-17F-20-BO: 41-24504 to 41-24539

Manufacturer:
Boeing

Bomb Group:
91st Bomb Group

Bomb Squadron:
323rd Bomb Squadron

RCL: OR-O

Fate:

MACR: 279

Missions: 16

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History of
B-17 41-24524 / The Eagle’s Wrath

Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-O] Bangor 10/9/42; Bassingbourn 11/10/42; Missing in Action 16m Schweinfurt 17/8/43. Enemy aircraft hit oxygen bottles setting fuselage on fire, crashed Gelnhausen, near Harxheim, 12 miles E of Frankfurt-am-Main, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 279. THE EAGLE’S WRATH.

Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*

Last updated: 25. September 2019

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B-17 41-24524 / The Eagle’s Wrath Crew

Position	Rank	Name	Status	Note
P	1LT	Anthony G. Arcaro	POW	-
CP	2LT	Roman Niemczyk	POW	-
NAV	2LT	Harry K Warner	KIA	-
BOMB	2LT	William F Glover	POW	-
ENG/TT	T/SGT	James F Jones	KIA	-
RO	SGT	Delmar F Kaech	POW	-
BT	S/SGT	Harold K Michaud	KIA	-
WG	S/SGT	Elmer F Lindholm	POW	-
WG	S/SGT	Ralph E Dearth	POW	-
TG	S/SGT	William G Golden	POW	-

Terry Pruitt
28. January 2018 16:57

My father was in the 94th Bomb Group “The Eagles Wrath”. His name was Theodore Roosevelt Pruitt. In the picture on the website from above ^ he is on the first row second from the right. His position was the tail Gunner. I don’t know the man’s name but the one directly behind him” the small man” was the ball turret Gunner. My father passed in 1990 and I don’t have much more information than what I’ve stated.

Justin Faber
16. May 2020 1:37

Is there any way to find previous crew members of this aircraft? My uncle Kelly Camp was on this aircraft prior to it being shot down. Just trying to find more information about him and the story.

Honor
17. October 2020 3:26

My Great Uncle James Jones was part of the original crew on the Eagle’s Wrath. He was KIA when the plane was hit on the Shweinfurt-Regensburg mission. From my research, I have not found any living members from the original crew or the final crew. I did connect with a pilot who flew her one time but he just passed last week.

Dale Butler
26. April 2021 22:31

My dad was the original bombardier of “The Eagle’s Wrath”. He always talked about the plane going down over Shweinfurt, 2 missions after his tour was over.
He and Mom went to a lot of bomb group reunions until their numbers thinned and it became hard to travel. Dad passed in 2004, William “Tex” Butler

Honor Mills
23. May 2021 3:24

Hi Dale,
I would love to connect and see if you can help with any information regarding the original crew, plane, and my uncle James who was KIA on the last mission.