Crash of a Boeing B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress off Amrun Island: 10 killed
Date & Time:
May 14, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-24481
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bassingbourn - Bassingbourn
MSN:
3166
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Amrun Island. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt William H. Broley,
2nd Lt Joseph M. Darmiento,
2nd Lt Albert H. Davies,
2nd Lt Armando H. Ambalagi,
S/Sgt Kenneth T. M. Donovan,
S/Sgt Kenneth S. Greer,
S/Sgt Edward H. Jones,
T/Sgt Edward K. Clyne,
T/Sgt Lowell A. Dawson,
Sgt Edward S. Casparriello.
Crew:
1st Lt William H. Broley,
2nd Lt Joseph M. Darmiento,
2nd Lt Albert H. Davies,
2nd Lt Armando H. Ambalagi,
S/Sgt Kenneth T. M. Donovan,
S/Sgt Kenneth S. Greer,
S/Sgt Edward H. Jones,
T/Sgt Edward K. Clyne,
T/Sgt Lowell A. Dawson,
Sgt Edward S. Casparriello.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
