Crash of a Boeing B-17F-45-BO Flying Fortress near Ellsworth AFB: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 20, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
42-5294
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3833
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances 3 km west of Ellsworth AFB. Five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Alvin W. Boock,
S/Sgt Stanley Cushman,
S/Sgt Paul E. Doerr,
S/Sgt Marshall A Foster,
S/Sgt Harold Hall.

Crash of a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress near Rapid City: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 9, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
41-9186
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Ellsworth - Ellsworth
MSN:
2658
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Ellsworth AFB, the airplane impacted a ridge located 5 km north of the city. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Edwin Wadley Smith, pilot,
Sgt James F. Hackney,
Pvt Harold E. LeFever.