Production-block:
B-17F-25-BO: 41-24540 to 41-24584
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 323rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OR-Q
MACR: 15596
History of
B-17 41-24549 / Stupen Takit
Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-Q] Bangor 10-Oct-42; Bassingbourn 11-Oct-42; Missing in Action (MIA) 14 missions over Hamm, Germany 4-Mar-43 The aircraft took a direct flak just after the target and exploded just minutes later. The aircraft crashed Buldern/Westphalen, near Munster, Germany; 8KIA 2POW Missing Air Crew Report 15596. STUPEN TAKIT.
Last updated: 21. October 2017
B-17 41-24549 / Stupen Takit Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | CPT | Martin W. McCarty, Jr. | KIA | - |
CP | 1LT | James T. Hill | KIA | - |
NAV | 1LT | Byron M. Bennett | KIA | - |
BOMB | 1LT | John R. Bell | POW | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | John J. McCormack | KIA | - |
RO | T/SGT | William W. Dunnavant | KIA | - |
BT | S/SGT | George W. Engle | POW | - |
WG | SGT | Philip S. Cardin | KIA | - |
WG | SGT | Umberto Pereira | KIA | - |
TG | S/SGT | Robert T. Trent | KIA | - |
19. September 2024 access_time 10:07
The nick name of this B-17 was spelled ‘Stupntakit’.