Jesse L Wilburn
Military6 Sept 1942 B-17F 41-24516 'Meltin' Pot' lost 2 engines off Londonderry after flight from Newfoundland. Landed in shallow water and all crew members walked ashore. Lt Wilburn is shown as a passenger on the flight.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Meltin Pot
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
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6 September 1942 | Aircraft B-17F 42-24516 'Meltin' Pot' lost two engines en-route from Newfoundland to Thurleigh and was ditched into the sea off of Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland. |
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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 13-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & th Air Forces p. 30-31First Over Germany by Russell Strong p. 23