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Old 4th March 2007, 00:44
Laurent Rizzotti Laurent Rizzotti is offline
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Re: B17 loss 20th November 1942

According to the book 'Pride of Seattle. The Story of the first 300 B-17Fs', 41-24376 was delivered on 20 June 42 and flown overseas by the 92nd BG, later transferred to the 341st BS, 97th BG, and flown to North Africa by Lt Arthur M Hughes and crew. During the evening of 20 November 1942, Hughes was taxiing the aircraft across the field with a full bomb load when German bombers attacked the base. The B-17 was hit by a bomb and blown to pieces. There were no survivors.

The following airmen of 341st BS are buried on Carthage American War Cemetery and listed as killed on this date:
1st Lt Alfred J Cogdill
Staff Sgt Deles T Cooper
Sgt Larry B Hagan
Sgt Alton H Hinson
Note that about 2/3 of US war dead were brought home after the war and so didn't appear on the list available on the AMBC website.

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