Crash of a Boeing B-17F-70-BO Flying Fortress in Beek
Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1943 at 0930 LT
Operator:
Registration:
42-29826
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Polebrook - Polebrook
MSN:
4940
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Polebrook on an operation to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber plant located in Hüls. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Beek. All 10 crew members became PoW.
Crew:
2nd Lt Leo P. Turgeon, pilot,
2nd Lt Burton W. Caruso, copilot,
2nd Lt Chas R. Bryant Jr., navigator,
2nd Lt John R. Turney, bombardier,
T/Sgt John W. Cabaniss, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Larry V. Ferns, radio operator,
S/Sgt Video Pacciotti, left wing gunner,
Sgt Ed Knower Jr., right wing gunner,
S/Sgt Leasure S. McGinniss, ball turret gunner,
S/Sgt Fred L. Aye, tail gunner.
Crew:
2nd Lt Leo P. Turgeon, pilot,
2nd Lt Burton W. Caruso, copilot,
2nd Lt Chas R. Bryant Jr., navigator,
2nd Lt John R. Turney, bombardier,
T/Sgt John W. Cabaniss, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Larry V. Ferns, radio operator,
S/Sgt Video Pacciotti, left wing gunner,
Sgt Ed Knower Jr., right wing gunner,
S/Sgt Leasure S. McGinniss, ball turret gunner,
S/Sgt Fred L. Aye, tail gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
