41-9044
USAAF Photo
B-17E 41-9044 was assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook Mar-42; 325BS/92BG Bovingdon Sep-42, then to Alconbury 6-Jan-43; detailed Portreath-Gibraltar with mail, freight & passengers, but engines malfunction and poor weather forced to return but crash landed Chivenor, Devon 14-Feb-43 10RTD. No MACR issued
P Alan Hermance (RTD) CP Bob Parkinson (RTD)
N Henry Hughes (RTD) B not carried
E/TTG Earl DeMasters (RTD); RO George Brock (RTD)
AG Amos Behl RTD; TG John Ford (RTD)
Passenger Brig Gen W.T. Larson (RTD); Passenger Capt C.L. Halsey (RTD)
Passenger Comdr M.N. Little, USN (RTD)
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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
Missions
- Date: 14 February 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) |
Chivenor, Braunton, Barnstaple, Devon EX31, UK | 14 February 1943 | This aircraft was NOT part of the mission to Hamm, Germany on this date, but this is the date upon which it crash-landed at Chevinor, UK and was so badly damaged that it was salvaged. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 29-Jan-2015 Added Block Number per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman; converted dates in Description to military style signification; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data.