B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-G] Bangor 27/8/42; Bassingbourn 11/10/42; detailed mechanical trip to Honington, Sfk. 16/2/43 but crashed on attempted t/o with Earl Riley, Co-pilot: Earl Dosier, Navigator: Roy Schwendiman, Bombardier: Edwin Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Noah Kirk, Radio Operator: Bob Lee, obs-Lt Harry Beasley, (7 Returned to Duty), 5m Salvaged. THE SAINT.
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 April 1943 in B-17 42-5172 'Thunderbird. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Plane was attacked by fighters and caught on fire. All other crew except pilots were able to bail out of the back of the plane and became Prisoner of War (POW)s.
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Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Bombardier | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Aboard 'The Saint' B-17F 41-24431 which suffered an accident while taxiing on the runway on 12-Feb-43 due to strong winds. All 7 crew members were safe. Shot down 17 April 1943 in B-17 42-5070 'Invasion II. ' Plane was on fire when all crew parachuted...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
B-17F 41-24431 'The Saint' was involved in an accident while taxiing on the runway on 12 February 1943 due to strong winds. All 7 crew members were safe.
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #4229540. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
The Saint' B-17F 41-24431 was in an accident while taxiing on the runway on 12 February 1943 due to strong winds. All 7 crew members were safe.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Earl Riley served as a pilot with the 91st Bomb Group, flying missions out of Bassingbourn, England. On 12 February 1943, he was piloting B-17F 41-24431 when there was a taxiing accident on the runway due to strong winds. All 7 crew members were safe.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
B-17F 41-24431'The Saint'. Accident while taxiing on the runway on 12 February 1943 due to strong winds. All 7 crew members were safe.
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
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