41-24639 Careful Virgin
Object Number - UPL 19609 - Boeing B-17F-27-BO Flying Fortress 'The Careful Virgin' 41-24639 code OR-W of the 91st bomb group 323rd BS.
Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; Boise 16/9/42; wrecked on landing with broken crankshaft, rep; Cheyenne 11/10/42; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-W] Bassingbourn 29/1/43 and first in group to have AFCE fitted at 2 SAD Lt Staughton 8/3/44; transferred 7/5/44 50+m AFSC for Aphrodite operations, Azon radio guided [Mothership B-24 44-40277] operation against V-1 site at Mimoyecques with Lt Cornelius A Engel & T/Sgt Clifford A Parsons of 385BG 4/8/44, but exploded before reaching target. Control crew had baled out over UK. THE CAREFUL VIRGIN.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 06654176
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight / Autopilot Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: British
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron The Writing 69th Royal Air Force
- Service Numbers: 100107 (Royal Flying Corps)
- Role/Job: Cameraman
Places
Missions
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Boise, ID, USA | 16 September 1942 | wrecked on landing with broken crankshaft, repaired. Boise 16/9/42. |
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Other AFCE fitted |
Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 8 March 1944 | First in 91st BG to have Automatic Flight Control Equipment fitted at 2 SAD Lt Staughton 8/3/44. |
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Crashed |
Mimoyecques, 62250, France | 4 August 1944 | Aphrodite operation against V-1 site at Mimoyecques with Lt Cornelius A Engel & T/Sgt Clifford A Parsons of 385BG 4/8/44, but exploded before reaching target. Control crew had baled out over UK. |
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Crashed |
Bassingbourn, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | On return from sortie, with combat damage and no braking, in collision with B-17 42-29591 causing rear fuselage of '591' to be written off. |
Revisions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons