B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24569 / Memphis Tot

B-17 #41-24569 / Memphis Totzoom_in

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www.303rdbg.com

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: GN-W

MACR: 15348

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History of
B-17 41-24569 / Memphis Tot

Assigned 427BG/303BG/ [GN-W] Bangor 5/10/1942; Molesworth 22/10/1942; Missing in action Emden mission 4/2/1943; w/Cole; enemy aircraft, crashed Zolle, Hol. MACR 15348. MEMPHIS TOT

Last updated: 15. January 2018

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B-17 41-24569 / Memphis Tot Details

B-17F 41-24569 “Memphis Tot: [GN:V] was assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-W] Bangor 5-Oct-42; Molesworth 22-Oct-42.

Missing in Action 4-Feb-43 The primary target was to be the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany, secondary target was to be the industrial areas of Osnabruck, Germany, and the the port area of Emden, Germany was the target of last resort. Hamm and Osnabruck were obscured by clouds, so Emden was attacked. The aircraft sustained severe damage from enemy fighters and crash-landed in the Waddenzee, five miles north-east of Den Helder, Holland. 3KIA 7POW 1DIC MACR 15348.

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