Crash of a Boeing B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress in Bondues: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 8, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
41-24472
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Thurleigh - Thurleigh
MSN:
3157
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh at 1030LT on an operation to Lille. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bondues, about 10 km north northeast of Lille. Five crew members were killed, four became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
Cpt Richard Douglas Adams, pilot,
Lt Carl W. Cook, copilot,
S/Sgt Jim T. McCloy, radio operator, †
S/Sgt Peter Greyno, mechanic, †
2nd Lt Julius C. Landrum, navigator,
2nd Lt John Arthur Latchford Jr., bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Ford L. Winchell, air gunner,
S/Sgt Anthony J. Lacek, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Frank M. Zeck, air gunner, †
Sgt John S. Saunders, air gunner. †
Crew:
Cpt Richard Douglas Adams, pilot,
Lt Carl W. Cook, copilot,
S/Sgt Jim T. McCloy, radio operator, †
S/Sgt Peter Greyno, mechanic, †
2nd Lt Julius C. Landrum, navigator,
2nd Lt John Arthur Latchford Jr., bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Ford L. Winchell, air gunner,
S/Sgt Anthony J. Lacek, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Frank M. Zeck, air gunner, †
Sgt John S. Saunders, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
