41-24514

B-17F-20-BO 41-24514 was assigned to the 368BS/306BG [BO- ] AT Westover 24-Aug-42; Thurleigh 23-Sep-42; Missing in Action, Rennes 8-Mar-43. Aircraft was on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Renne, France when it was attacked and shot down by German fighters. All of the crew bailed out except the pilot who was killed in the attack. The aircraft crashed at Colline, Servon-sur-Vilaine France. 1KIA 8POW 1EVD.



P 1LT Otto A. Buddenbaum (KIA); CP 1LT Warren P. Edris (POW)

N 1LT Wilton D. Biggs (POW); B 1LT Jospeh C. Wilkins (POW)

E/TTG TSGT Robert Guthrie (POW); RO TSGT Sylvester L. Horstmann (POW)

BTG SSGT Robert S. Liscavage (POW); LWG SGT Ernest T. Moriarty (EVD)

RWG SGT Donald R. Huddle (POW); TG SSGT Eulis E. Smith (POW)

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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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-789754
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-062106
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-789381
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15069779
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37059997
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Colline, 35530 Servon-sur-Vilaine, France 8 March 1943 Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Colline,Servon-sur Vilaine, France

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description".

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo (word "out" was misspelled) in the "Summary biography".

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-Jul-2015. Added A/C Block Number and TN to Description based on "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman.

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Lee Cunningham 29-Jul-2015. Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Note and Map postion to FTR event per MACR 6088; Edited Description by converting dates to military-style signification, added target details and crash location based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added crew position, rank, full proper name and dispostions of all crew members and formatted crew display per MACR 6088.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6088 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database