Production-block:
B-17F-25-BO: 41-24540 to 41-24584
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 359th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BN-U
MACR: 15075
History of
B-17 41-24568 / Lady Fairweather
Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-U] Bangor 9-October-42; Molesworth 25-October-42. The original crew flew to Molesworth 24/25-Oct-42 except for Borysiewicz. The aircraft also carried as a passenger Captain Abraham Black who was the 303BG Flight Surgeon. The aircraft participated in 3 operations (1 abort). Missing in Action, 23-November-42 on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens ar St Nazaire, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed into the sea, in flames, near Belle-Ile en Mer, France. This was the first loss for the Group. 10KIA MACR 15075.
Last updated: 11. September 2017
B-17 41-24568 / Lady Fairweather Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Charles G. Miller | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | Arthur E. Reddig | UNK | - |
| NAV | 2LT | John Ercegovich, Jr. | UNK | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | John W. Plummer | UNK | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Devon B. Nollen | UNK | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert W. Van Fleet | UNK | - |
| BT | SGT | Alexander S. Grieb | UNK | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Gerald S. Sturgis | UNK | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Ferrell A. Mann | UNK | - |
| TG | SGT | George T. Senior | UNK | - |
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