41-24611 Boomerang
B-17F 41-24611 "Boomerang" was assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-W] Presque Is 19-Oct-42; Grafton Underwood 25-Oct-42; flew Gen Eaker to Casablanca 15-Jan-43; Missing in Action 16-Feb-43 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Attacked by fighters and crashed into the Etang de Gournava near Pleucadeuc, France. 11-man crew. 1KIA, 8POW, 2EVD MACR 16236
P Capt Charles J. Steenbarger (POW) CP 1Lt Thomas P. Mayo (EVD)
N 1Lt John E. Carpenter, Jr. (KIA); B 1Lt Joe J. Varhol (POW)
E/TTG TSgt Carey B. Ford (POW); RO SSgt Frederick J. Dewig (POW)
BTG SSgt Lowell R. Lewis (POW); LWG SSgt Dale Markland (EVD)
RWG TSgt Donald R. Wall (POW); TG SSgt Charley L. Gilbert (POW)
Photographer TSgt Norris C. Miller(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: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-389586
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35255153
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19065013
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39826700
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Pleucadeuc, France | 16 February 1943 | Shot down by enemy fighters and crashed into the Etang de Gournava, near Pleucadeuc, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 30-Jan-2015. Added nickname, markings, FTR description and Description edits per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position, rank, full proper name and disposition per MACR 16236; formatted crew display.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16236 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database