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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-27-BO: 41-24585 to 41-24639
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 364th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WF-G
Crash site:
Leer
MACR: 15395
History of
B-17 41-24593 / El Lobo
Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-G] Presque Is 19-Oct-42; Grafton Underwood 25-Oct-42; Missing in Action4-Feb-42. Primary target was the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany but the target was obscured by clouds and the port area of Emden, Germany was bombed as a target of last resort. Aircraft sustained a hit by flak which caused it to have a mid-air collision with a German FW190 fighter and it crashed in tifal land near Filsum/Ostfriesland near Leer, Germany. 6KIA 4 POW MACR 15395.
B-17 41-24593 / El Lobo Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Cornelius A. Jenkins | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Alexander C. Kerr | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Leigh J Monson, Jr. | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | John G. Shaljean | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Albert R. Moline | KIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Coy D. Martin | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Dominic DeMatteo | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Morris I. Tauber | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Lloyd R. Jackson | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Vincent Cook | POW | - |
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