41-24568 Lady Fairweather

B-17F 41-24568 "Lady Fairweather', assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-U] Bangor 9-October-42; Molesworth 25-October-42. The original crew flew to Molesworth 24/25-Oct-42 except for Borysiewicz. The aircraft also carried as a passenger Captain Abraham Black who was the 303BG Flight Surgeon. The aircraft participated in 3 operations (1 abort). Missing in Action, 23-November-42 on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens ar St Nazaire, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed into the sea, in flames, near Belle-Ile en Mer, France. This was the first loss for the Group. 10KIA MACR 15075. 

 

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-728190
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11021358
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15084564
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791051
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-430181
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Aircraft Assigned to Group

9 October 1942 Aircraft B-17F 41-24568 was assigned to the 303BG/359BS on 9-Oct-42 and Bangor, Maine.

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

23 November 1942 Shot down by German fighters, crashed in the sea near Belle-Ile en Mer, France

Revisions

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Edit to Description format.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reprt of 23-Nov-42.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2015. Added Aircraft Assigned to Group per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne.

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Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015. Added Capt Black as passneger on 25-Oct-42 flight form USA to Molesworth per 303BG website: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-reddig.html

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Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015. Added RWG and TG to original crew per 303BG website: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-reddig.html

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Lee Cunningham 12-May-2015. Added 2nd Mission crew to description per 303BG website: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf That Mission Reoprt has RO as Nollen, rather than Nolen as on MACR 15075. MACR taken as definitive.

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Lee Cunningham 11-May-2015. Typo corrections.

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Lee Cunningham 11-May-2015. Typo correction on Original crew listing.

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Lee Cunningham 11-Nov-2015. Added original crew and 1st mission crew to Description from 303BG website Reddig Crew page and Mission Report. www.303rdbg.com.

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Lee Cunningham 11-May-2015. Corrected typo in Description.

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Lee Cunningham 11-May-2014 . Correcting Mission participation list per 303BG website: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 11-May-2015. Added Mission connections and aircraft ID per 303BG website: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-reddig.html

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Lee Cunningham 1-Dec-2014 Corrected loss location and map designation.

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Lee Cunningham 1-Dec-2014. Edited description with US military-style date significations, formatted and corrected crew information per MACR 15075 and 303BG Mission Report of 23-Nov-42 http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 5-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 15075; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW Database.

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Lee Cunningham 5-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 15075.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15075 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database