B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24592 / Madame Butterfly

History of
B-17 41-24592 / Madame Butterfly

Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-G] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Floyd MacSpadden, Co-pilot: Jack Noce, Navigator: Daniel Boone, Bombardier: Mo O’Connell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Januszewski, Radio Operator: George Snyder, Ball turret gunner: Lennie Tompkins, Waist gunner: Ralph Hays, Waist gunner: Elvis Rosletti,Tail gunner: Harry Hergesheimer (10INT); no fuel, force landed Dubendorf, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 1345. MADAME BUTTERFLY; Returned to the USA 15/9/45 (now Confederate AF as KY-D, MADAME BUTTERFLY.

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