B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24567 / Beats Me

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24567 / Beats Me
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-25-BO: 41-24540 to 41-24584
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 303rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 360th Bomb Squadron
RCL PU-J
MACR 15571
Fate: , Lost by friendly-fire
(23 January 1943)
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History of
B-17 41-24567 / Beats Me

Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-J] Bangor 14-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42. 23-Jan-43 – Mission in Action on a mission to bomb the port area and U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. The aircraft was struck by a bomb dropped from above and crashed in the woods at Bois de Queronic near Pluvinger, France. 7KIA 3POW MACR 15571.

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