Event Date: 1943-05-19 |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Crashed In Allied Territory Comments: Non-combat sortie, ferrying aircraft from AAB Kearney, Nebraska, to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine, en-route to combat assignment in England. Failure of the left brake and subsequent pilot actions resulted in extensive damage to the aircraft. |
Non-Combat Sortie |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑5851 ⇗ | 547th | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Keck, George B⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Gaither, Raymond A⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Juart, William Woodrow⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Bryant, Arthur Russell⇗ | Completed, Uninjured | |
Radio Operator | Hollingsworth, Frank Hoyle⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | DeVille, Milton Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Passenger | Jackson, Billy J (IO)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Passenger | Hughes, Walden Allan⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Passenger | Paduch, Theodore (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Passenger | Reiss, Alfred (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
ACCIREP | Accident Report # 43-05-19-11⇗ |