41-24489 Terry and the Pirates
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Object Number - UPL 32377 - Image of the B-17 #41-24489 / Terry and the Pirates. Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; Missing in Action 20-Dec-42 on...
B-17F 41-24489 'Terry and the Pirates' was assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; Missing in Action 20-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Paris. 3KIA 7POW. No MACR issued.
P 1Lt Lewis R. McKesson (POW); CP 2Lt Quentin W. Burgett (POW)
N 1Lt Sidney Berk (KIA); B 1Lt Robert M. Freeman (KIA)
E/TTG Sgt Lucien Bedard (POW); RO Sgt Fletcher M. DeWolf (POW)
BTG Sgt Richard E. Cox (POW); WG Sgt Ludvik V. Dejnozka (POW)
WG Sgt Stanley J. Milik (KIA) TG TSgt Delmar L. Swyers (POW)
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11030827
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-726190
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12030668
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12034906
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return FTR-MIA |
Paris, France | 20 December 1942 | The exact details of the loss were not documented with a Missing Air Crew Report (MACR), but based on other aircraft losses on this mission, it is assumed that the loss was due to fighter attacks. The aircraft crashed near Paris, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014. Corrected rank of Swyers per NARA WWII POW database.
Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014. Edited description with target information and converted dates to military-style designation, added rank, full proper names and formatted crew information based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. SN and proper names from National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW records and American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) record.
