B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24629

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24629
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-27-BO: 41-24585 to 41-24639
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 303rd Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 358th Bomb Squadron, 369th Bomb Squadron
RCL WW-O, VK-O
MACR 1032
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(20 October 1943)
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History of
B-17 41-24629

Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-O] Cheyenne 13/9/42; Thurleigh 23/1/43; transferred 358BS/303BG Molesworth [VK-G] 25/9/43; {4m} Missing in Action Duren 20/10/43 with John Hendry, Navigator: Bernie McNamara, Bombardier: Dick Webster {Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Loran Biddle, Ball turret gunner: Alf Hargrove, Waist gunner: Delbert Guhr, Waist gunner: Wilfred Raesly,Tail gunner: John Doherty (8 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Bill Harper, Radio Operator: Jim Brown (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ship exploded with wreckage crashed Valenciennes, near Belgian border. Missing Air Crew Report 1032.

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