41-24478
B17F 41-24478 assigned 369BS/306BG Westover 19-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; Missing in Action 23-Nov-42 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Flak and German fighters KO’d engines #1 & #2 and 10ft off end of left wing. Crashed near Piriac, France. 8KIA 2POW MACR 15392
P 1Lt. Clay E. Isbell (KIA); CP 2Lt Dyer Fulton (KIA)
N 1Lt Peter J. Fryer (POW); B 2Lt Abraham L. Burden (POW)
E/TTG TSgt Erwin Grenke (KIA); RO Sgt Robert S. Kryak (KIA)
BTG SSgt Edward Kostecki (KIA); WG SSgt Ray E. Buckmaster (KIA)
WG Sgt David W Lindsey (KIA); TG SSgt George L. Houx (KIA)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11015905
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-726121
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-660480
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-726220
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13038250
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Piriac-sur-Mer, France | 23 November 1942 | 10 foot section of left wing shot away by German aircraft. Crashed near Piriac, France |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 1-Dec-2014. Edited description with military-style dates, mission objective and loss details per MACR 15392.
Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. Complete names added from Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 15392.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15392 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database