Crash of a Boeing B-17F-27-BO Flying Fortress in Le Bocasse: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 4, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-24609
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Molesworth - Molesworth
MSN:
3294
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation against the Renault factory located in Boulogne-Billancourt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Le Bocasse, 18 km north of Rouen. Six crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Ercil F. Eyster, pilot, †
2nd Lt Fred H. Hayward, copilot, †
T/Sgt Harold J. Dunham, flight engineer, †
2nd Lt John D. Shanks, navigator, †
Sgt Edmund Robinson Thornton, radio operator,
S/Sgt Marcus K. Davis, bombardier,
Sgt George Tom Morton, air gunner,
S/Sgt Robert Carl Altizer, air gunner,
S/Sgt Floyd Earl Bauer, air gunner, †
Sgt Eugene A. Nicosia, air gunner. †
Crew:
1st Lt Ercil F. Eyster, pilot, †
2nd Lt Fred H. Hayward, copilot, †
T/Sgt Harold J. Dunham, flight engineer, †
2nd Lt John D. Shanks, navigator, †
Sgt Edmund Robinson Thornton, radio operator,
S/Sgt Marcus K. Davis, bombardier,
Sgt George Tom Morton, air gunner,
S/Sgt Robert Carl Altizer, air gunner,
S/Sgt Floyd Earl Bauer, air gunner, †
Sgt Eugene A. Nicosia, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
