41-24507 Yankee Raider

media-30192.jpeg UPL 30192 Aircraft / B-17F Aircraft / B-17F 41-24507 BK*B, "YANKEE RAIDER"

Object Number - UPL 30192 - Aircraft / B-17F Aircraft / B-17F 41-24507 BK*B, "YANKEE RAIDER"

Assigned to the 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Westover 25/8/42; Thurleigh 17/9/42; transferred SBA trainer 11/4/43; transferred to the 546th BS, squadron code BK-B, 384th BG, Station 106, Grafton Underwood 23/8/43; transferred to the 545th BS, squadron code JD-B; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with James Edwin Armstrong, Radio Operator: Walter L. House, Waist gunner: Clifford Hammock (3 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Robert L. Stoner, Navigator: Charles C. Carlin, Bombardier: Wilbert Y K Yee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruno E. Edman, Waist gunner: Olen Grant, Tail gunner: Eldore T. Daudelin, (6 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: James H. Redwing (Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed near old Etrepagny airfield, 11 miles NW of Gisors, France. Missing Air Crew Report 772. YANKEE RAIDER.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-794606
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738819
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11068163
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36198223
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Olen Grant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18135581
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

Thurleigh Airfied 25 August 1942 - 11 April 1943 306th Bomb Group, 368th Bomb Squadron

Transferred

11 April 1943 - 23 August 1943 SBA Training

Transferred

Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK 23 August 1943 - 6 September 1943 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron

Crashed

Étrépagny, France 6 September 1943 - 6 September 1943 MIA on mission to Stuttgart.  The aircraft was damaged by enemy action after bombs-away and crashed at old Étrépagny airfield.  MACR 772

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 772
Radio Operator Walter House's Escape & Evasion Report E&E 299
Research for website www.evasioncomete.org

Date
Contributorbombercommand
Changes
Sources

384thbombgroup.com

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 772 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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