41-24585 Wulfe Hound
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 8941 - A B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24585) formerly of the 303rd Bomb Group, in Luftwaffe markings after being captured by the Germans....
B-17F #41-24585 "Wulfe-Hound" was assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-B] Bangor 14-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Missing in Action Rouen-Sotteville 12-Dec-42 sustained damage from enemy aircraft, force landed in a field in France. Was removed and repaired by the Germans and flew with KG200. No MACR issued. 4 POW 6 EVD.
First B-17 captured by Luftwaffe restored at Rechlin, Ger. and used for affiliation and demonstration duties, then assigned to I./KG200 as A3+AE in Sep 43. Transferred to ELG at Wadi Tamet, Libya as part of the station coded Traviata to study British troop movements, but on 16-Apr-44 was low on fuel and pilot Ober Lt Dumke slightly injured was forced to ditch in shallow water in Bay of Kalamata with no loss to crew.
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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 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19003449
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38036701
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-430992
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18057511
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11020638
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Crew Assigned |
23 June 1942 | Original Crew: P 1LT Paul F. Flickinger CP 2LT Jack E. Williams N 2LT Gilbert T. Schowalter B 2LT Beverly R. Polk E/TTG TSGT William A. Whitman RO SSGT Iva L. Fegette BTG SGT Joseph R. Sunderlin LWG SSGT Arnold H. Schlotfelt RWG CPL Brondle E. Kinyon TG SGT Lincoln T. O'Connell. | |
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Other Arrived at Station |
14 October 1942 | B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS arrived at Molesworth, UK with the following crew: P 1LT Paul F. Flickinger CP 2LT Jack E. Williams N 2LT Gilbert T. Schowalter B 2LT Beverly R. Polk E/TTG TSGT William A. Whitman RO SSGT Iva L. Fegette BTG SGT Joseph R. Sunderlin LWG SSGT Arnold H. Schlotfelt TG SGT Lincoln T. O'Connell. CPL Brondle E. Kinyon had been deleted from the crew prior to 303BG leaving for England and was reassigned to the 360th BS Armament Unit at Molesworth. |
Revisions
Personal discussions and pictures from my grandfather, William A. Whitman, engineer and top turret gunner on B-17 41-24585 "Wulfe-Hound."
Personal discussions and pictures from my grandfather, William A. Whitman, engineer and top turret gunner on B-17 41-24585 "Wulfe-Hound."
Personal discussions and pictures from my grandfather, William A. Whitman, engineer and top turret gunner on B-17 41-24585 "Wulfe-Hound."
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reoport of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Arrival at station event with crew changes per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Paul F. Flickinger crew page.: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html.
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Original Crew event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Paul F. Flickenger crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission participation to Description per research of 303BG Mission Reports at the 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian.
Lee Cunningham 3-Dec-2014. Description corrected as to forced landing location in France rather than Holland as originally reported in the data ingest. Correction based on 'Losses of the 9th & 9th AIr Forces' Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 10-Nov-2014. Confirmation of Bishop & Hey crash account form E&E Reports. (NARA).
Lee Cunningham 10-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE
