B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24529

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-20-BO: 41-24504 to 41-24539
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 305th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 422nd Bomb Squadron, 546th Bomb Squadron
RCL JJ-T, BK-J
Fate: , Landing accident
(09 October 1943)
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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.

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