41-24569 Memphis Tot
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
B-17F 41-24569 "Memphis Tot: [GN:V] was assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-W] Bangor 5-Oct-42; Molesworth 22-Oct-42.
Missing in Action 4-Feb-43 The primary target was to be the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany, secondary target was to be the industrial areas of Osnabruck, Germany, and the the port area of Emden, Germany was the target of last resort. Hamm and Osnabruck were obscured by clouds, so Emden was attacked. The aircraft sustained severe damage from enemy fighters and crash-landed in the Waddenzee, five miles north-east of Den Helder, Holland. 3KIA 7POW 1DIC MACR 15348.
Connections
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6571977
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-408859
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727122
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16021821 / O-724085
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16039671
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Assigned |
5 October 1942 | Assigned to 303BG/427BS at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. | |
Other Arrived in UK |
22 October 1942 | Aircraft arrived at Molesworth, UK. The original crew that flew the aircraft to the UK was: P CPT Lloyd R. Cole; CP 2LT Robert N. McCune N 2LT Robert P. Driggs; B 2LT Edward N. Bryant E/TTG SSGT Bliss D. Purinton; RO SSGT Dale F. Brandfas BTG SGT Arch Witte, Jr.; WG SSGT Alarence S. Coomes TG SGT Philip J. Callery; Operations Officer CPT Edgar E. Snyder This crew had originally been assigned on 1-May-42 to B-17F 41-24629 [GN-S] "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/247BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
4 February 1943 | Sustained damage from fighter attacks and crash-landed in the Waddenzee, five miles north-east of Den Helder, Holland. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission #9 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 4-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/014.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission #8 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 2-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/013.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne and 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Lloyd R. Cole crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-cole.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to Unit event per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne.
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission Participations to Summary Biography; made connections to ALL Missions per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reports: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 28-Jan-2015. Added "Dean" to George Dean Miller in crew list per original data ingest and in resolution of a DUPLICATE entry by Paul Andrews Project Bits and Pieces.
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2015. Added nickname and markings per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added FTR event, rank, crew position, full proper name and dispositions per MACR 15348; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Description with target information per 303BG Mission Report of 4-Feb-43, converted dates to military-style signification.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15348 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database