Production-block:
Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 to 41-2669
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 19th Bomb Group
- 7th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 30th Bomb Squadron
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History of
B-17 41-2507
Delivered 14/1/42; Assigned 30BS/19BG Java 20/2/42 with Williams; then 7BG, used in first McArthur rescue; ditched Iligan Bay, Mindanao (23) 12/3/42 with Capt Henry C. Godman.
Last updated: 24. January 2018
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26. May 2018 access_time 16:25
My Dad was on that plane when it crashed. two crew are still onboard. Two became POW’s ,the others were evacuated from Del Monte ,Mindanoa.
26. May 2021 access_time 22:08
Geoff, will you email me privately at lynnehasselman@gmail.com, I have a question for you on the B-17 41-2507 from the relative of a crew member. Many thanks (military researcher).
12. March 2022 access_time 12:07
I have most of my fathers war record . USAAC 1939-1946. POW 1942-1945 Kawasaki,Japan.
20. June 2023 access_time 10:49
Interested in accounts of those at Clark Fld. before and after the Japanes attack.
20. June 2023 access_time 11:01
#41-2507 B17e crashed in Illigan Bay Mar12,1942 on the “MacArthur Evac. Mission” at Del Monte Fld ,Mindanoa. 3 Officers ,4 Sgt,s on board. 2 Sgts killed. The others made it to shore. Both surviving Sgts became POW,s when they were abandoned at Del Monte as “expendable”