Crash of a Boeing B-17F-50-BO Flying Fortress in Ploemeur: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 6, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
42-5378
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Thurleigh - Thurleigh
MSN:
3917
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to Lorient. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ploemeur. Three crew members were killed, one evaded and six became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Earl Clifford Tunnell, pilot,
1st Lt Robert Edward Biggs, copilot,
T/Sgt Charles Kenneth Kirby Jr., flight engineer,
2nd Lt Mayer Etkin, navigator, †
T/Sgt Robert Anthony Siavage, radio operator,
1st Lt Andrew Jackson Friedrich, bombardier,
T/Sgt George A. Tracy, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Ernest G. Maynard, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Charles David Hill Jr., air gunner,
S/Sgt Donald Tunstall, air gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt Earl Clifford Tunnell, pilot,
1st Lt Robert Edward Biggs, copilot,
T/Sgt Charles Kenneth Kirby Jr., flight engineer,
2nd Lt Mayer Etkin, navigator, †
T/Sgt Robert Anthony Siavage, radio operator,
1st Lt Andrew Jackson Friedrich, bombardier,
T/Sgt George A. Tracy, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Ernest G. Maynard, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Charles David Hill Jr., air gunner,
S/Sgt Donald Tunstall, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
