Production-block:
Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 to 41-2669
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 19th Bomb Group
- 7th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 9th Bomb Squadron
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History of
B-17 41-2492
Delivered MacDill 4/1/42; Assigned 19BG Java 5/2/42 with Bill Pritchard; transferred 9BS/7BG; shot down at sea near Malang, Java, and blew up with Bill Prichard, W. Morgan, Isadore Alfred, F. Luscombe, R. Legault, Pvt Joe Hines, Pfc Ignatius Barron, Pvt Horace Salmon 8/2/43.
Last updated: 24. January 2018
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11. August 2025 access_time 20:59
It was shot down about thirteen miles northwest of Pagerugnan airfield, at around 14,000ft and 0905hrs (Java time) on a mission to Kendari airfield. The B-17s attacking were attacked by twelve A6M Zeros making head-on attacks, and 41-2492 was hit by gunfire in one such attack and flew erratically, almost crashing into a Zero, before catching fire and losing altitude. One man bailed out before it fell into some clouds and exploded. None of the men on board were ever found.