41-24602 Yardbird II

B-17F 41-24602 was assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-A] Bangor 14-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; On the 29-May-43 mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France the aircraft was damaged by flak over the target and then attacked and shot down by fighters and crashed at Menior du Launay in the community of Pluebian,France. 2KIA 8POW No MACR issued.



P 1Lt Joseph E Trojan (POW); CP 1Lt Thomas A. Vaughn (KIA)

N 1Lt Parlew W. Madsen, Jr. (POW); B 1Lt Jack W. Stewart (POW)

E/TTG SSgt Paul H Prescott (KIA); RO SSgt Cecil E. Craft (POW)

BTG SSgt Joseph R. Sunderlin (POW); LWG SSgt Martin A. Semonick (POW)

RWG SSgt Frank W. Bartless (POW); TG SSgt Lincoln T. O’Connell (POW)

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-435845
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15068650
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-790793
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16052774
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner; Radio Operator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

29 May 1943 Shot down by fighters and crashed at Pluebian, France.

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303rd BG mission reports family journels

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Lee Cunningham 13-Feb-2015. Added Block number, markings, FTR event and edited Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made connections ot Squadron, Place and Mission within existing website data; converted dates to military-style signification; added crew position, rank, full proper name and disposition from 303rd Bomb Group website Personnel records, historian Gary Moncur; formatted crew display.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database