41-9024 King Condor
Object Number - UPL 19654 - B-17 41-9024 'King Condor' Crash landed Grafton Underwood 1/8/42 pilot Lt Claude Lawrence (10 Returned to Duty); ran off runway, through hedge and...
Assigned 414BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; arrived at Grafton Underwood on 6-Jul-42 crash landed Grafton Underwood 1-Aug-42 with Claude Lawrence, Co-pilot: R.Brown, Navigator: M.Jones, Bombardier: R. Buchana, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: J. James, Radio Operator: H. Birdsong, Ball turret gunner: O. Hester, Waist gunner: C. Cockrell, Waist gunner: C. Watson, Tail gunner: P. Trapani (10 Returned to Duty); ran off runway, through hedge and hit English truck, killing driver John Jimmison; first aircraft Salvaged. KING CONDOR.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 1 August 1942 | Crash landed Grafton Underwood 1-Aug42. Ran off runway, through hedge and hit English truck, killing driver John Jimmison. |
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Other Salvaged |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 2 August 1942 | 97 Bomb Group's first salvaged A/C. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2016. Added UK arrival date to Description, converted dates to USAAF military-style signification. Arrival per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne.
Lee Cunningham 17-Oct-2014, Roger A. Freeman/Dave Osborne, "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story."