41-24523 Golly, Lil Audrey, Snooks
Object Number - UPL 26271 - Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24523 'Snooks' 323BS, 91BG, 8AF in flight.
Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-N] Bangor 13/9/42; Bassingbourn 10/11/42; Missing in Action 19m Amiens 3/8/43 with Dick Rodman, Co-pilot: Stan Czerwinski, Navigator: Renis TeMaat, Bombardier: Saul Berson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leo Kane, Radio Operator: Lyle Young, Ball turret gunner: John Braisted, Waist gunner: Joe Trotz, Waist gunner: Emanuel Vaccaro, Tail gunner: Jim Murren (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-29816 (91BG), crashed Channel. Missing Air Crew Report 563. “GOLLY” then LI'L AUDREY, re-named SNOOKS.
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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: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Eager Beaver
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Assigned |
Bassingbourn, Royston SG8 5LP, UK | 10 November 1942 | Assigned 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
English Channel | 31 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Amiens collision with B-17 42-29816 (91BG)whilst forming up, crashed off Beachy Head, English Channel. 3-Aug-43. MACR |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA, USA | Built at Boeing. | |
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Delivered |
California, USA | Delivered to USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 563 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
