Event Date: 1944-07-22 |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Crashed In Allied Territory Comments: Following a landing after a training flight, co-pilot mistakenly placed landing gear switch in the 'UP' position, causing the gear to collapse during rollout. No crew were injured. |
Non-Combat Sortie |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97201 ⇗ | 547th | SO*J | JAMAICA MARY |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Hale, Charles Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Griggs, Frederick Monroe⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Gyory, Frank Kalman⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Brown, Billie Barnard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Hannaford, Gordon Coyle⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Greenberg, Marvin (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Ziegler, Pete Frank⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Lay, Obert Merle⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Burlingame, James Wyatt⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Fernquist, Kenneth Irvin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
ACCIREP | Accident Report # 44-07-22-524⇗ |