Production-block:
Boeing B-17E: 41-9011 to 41-9245
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 97th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 340th Bomb Squadron
- 359th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 41-9098
Delivered Boise and assigned 359BS/303BG Molesworth 10/4/42; transferred 340BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; detailed on a navigation exercise to Burtonwood, Lancs., the weather was poor, and almost certainly the red warning flares on North Wales border were missed, thus while continuing on their heading and crashed on eastern side of Cadair Berwyn, Llanthawdr Mtn, Wales 11/8/42 with Henry Gilbert, Co-pilot: Bob Beers, Navigator: Larry Schmitt, Bombardier: Leon Philipps, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Aldridge, Radio Operator: Bob Memp, Ball turret gunner: Stanislas Lepa; Waist gunner: Ken Branum, Tail gunner: Wallace Sidders + two pass: Marvin Koepke, Fidel Villareal (11 Killed in Service). Salvaged. First B-17 loss in Britain involving fatalities.
Last updated: 1. March 2018
B-17 41-9098 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Henry L. Gilbert | KIS | - |
| CP | 2LT | Robert Earl Beers | KIS | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Lawrence G. Schmitt | KIS | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Leonard Holm Phillips | KIS | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Robert A. Kemp | KIS | - |
| BT | M/SGT | Stanislas Lepa | KIS | - |
| WG | SGT | Kenneth H. Branum | KIS | - |
| TG | SGT | Wallace V. Sidders | KIS | - |
| PASS | CPL | Marvin A. Koepke | KIS | - |
| PASS | CPL | Stanley G. Aldridge | KIS | - |
| PASS | PVT | Fidel A. Villarreal | KIS | - |
23. June 2023 access_time 3:24
Re: the flight crew listed in the missing B-17 by Dave Osborne, Master Log. The RO is listed incorrectly as Bob Memp when the name is actually Kemp. Just below it is listed correctly