41-24524 The Eagle's Wrath
Object Number - UPL 50870 - Nose of The Eagle's Wrath, 41-24524, 323rd Squadron, 91st BG
Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-O] Bangor 10/9/42; Bassingbourn 11/10/42; Missing in Action 16m Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Tony Arcaro, Co-pilot: Roman Niemczyk, Bombardier: Bill Glover, Radio Operator: Delmar Kaech, Waist gunner: Elmer Lindholm, Waist gunner: Ralph Dearth, Tail gunner: Bill Golden (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Harry Warner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Jones, Ball turret gunner: Harry Michaud (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft hit oxygen bottles setting fuselage on fire, crashed Gelnhausen, near Harxheim, 12 miles E of Frankfurt-am-Main, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 279. THE EAGLE'S WRATH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13047869
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16034374 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 17 August 1943 |
