B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24532

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24532
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-20-BO: 41-24504 to 41-24539
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 305th Bomb Group, 97th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 414th Bomb Squadron, 422nd Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Failed to return
(26 Dezember 1942)
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History of
B-17 41-24532

Assigned 422BS/305BG Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 414BS/97BG Polebrook 4/11/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui. 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Missing in Action Bizerte 26/12/42 with Claude Lawrence. A/c damaged by explosion of 41-24413, crash landed no man’s land, two bailed, Foster rescued by British Army, but Cockrell POW. Rest landed with plane including Lawrence, Locker, Vandergriff 3WIA, all eventually returning to duty.

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B-17 41-24532 Details

Damaged by explosion of B-17 #41-24413. Crash landed.

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This page was last updated on 03 November 2017

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