B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24573

History of
B-17 41-24573

364BS/305BG [WF-S/N] Bangor 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 29/10/42; Missing in Action Kiel 19/5/43 with Carroll MacCauley, Co-pilot: Adrian Lyon, Radio Operator: Jim Shaw, Ball turret gunner: Elsa Spiva, Waist gunner: John Lukacovic, Waist gunner: Alex Laird (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Kurt Von Gruben, Bombardier: Heywood Sawyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Schonberger,Tail gunner: Jack Milton (4 Prisoner of War) enemy aircraft, ditched shallow waters SW of Husum, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 15329.

Last updated: 24. January 2018