41-24526 Leapin Liz
Charles Hoffman is standing 2nd right
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Object Number - UPL 7333 - A bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, including Second Lieutenant Don Winston Lusk Jr and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24526)...
B-17F 41-24526 "Leapin Liz". Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-J] Bangor 19-Sep-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Missing in Action St Nazaire 3-Jan-43, shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed off St Brevin, Bay of Biscay, France. 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 7560.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-767083
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13031181
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-435857
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18002084
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17033050
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
3 January 1943 | Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed into the sea off St. Nazaire, France. |
Revisions
Brian Rukes, great nephew of S/Sgt. Merlyn Dale Rukes, tail gunner on the B-17 "Leapin Liz"
Lee Cunnningham 9-Aug-2015. Added Mission #4 to Decsription and Mission #4 event crew data per 303BG webiste Mission Report of 3-Jan-43, Gray Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Aug-2015 Added Mission #3 to Description and Mission # 3 event crew data per 303BG website Mission Report of 20-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Aug-43. Added Mission #3 to Description and added Mission #3 event crew data per 303BG website Mission REports of 12-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Aug-2015. Added Mission #1 to Decription and Miaaion #1 crew data to Biography event per 303BG website Mission Report of 23-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 9-Jan-2015. Added nickname , markings and FTR event description and map location per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited description adding TN, converted date nomenclature to military style signification; Added Crew Position, Rank, Full proper name and disposition per MACR 7560.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7650 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
