B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24529

History of
B-17 41-24529

Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-T] Syracuse 14/9/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 546BS/384BG Grafton Underwood [BK-J] 22/9/43; on engine check mission 9/10/43, overshot runway and into a ditch, undercarriage collapsing & blocking nearby road, with John Berbrich (?Willing?), Co-pilot: Francis Nelson, Navigator: Julius Schwartz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gil Jacobs (4 Returned to Duty); enquiry resulted in 100% pilot error; Salvaged 17/10/43.

Last updated: 4. November 2017