Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-15-CO Liberator in Saint-Renan: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 16, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-23874
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hardwick - Hardwick
MSN:
669
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hardwick on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Saint-Renan, 11,5 km northwest of Brest. Three crew members were killed and eight others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Franklin David Lown Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Robert Henry Hudspeth, copilot,
T/Sgt Herbert B. Daly, flight engineer, †
T/Sgt Harold Secor, radio operator,
2nd Lt Orval Dwayne Huff, navigator,
2nd Lt Thaddeus I. Hawkins Jr., bombardier, †
1st Lt Harold J. Tannenbaum, photographer, †
Sgt James Stram Marsh, air gunner,
S/Sgt Arthur Lee Crandall, air gunner,
S/Sgt Cleiborn Usry Booker, air gunner,
S/Sgt Thomas Willard Hughes, air gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt Franklin David Lown Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Robert Henry Hudspeth, copilot,
T/Sgt Herbert B. Daly, flight engineer, †
T/Sgt Harold Secor, radio operator,
2nd Lt Orval Dwayne Huff, navigator,
2nd Lt Thaddeus I. Hawkins Jr., bombardier, †
1st Lt Harold J. Tannenbaum, photographer, †
Sgt James Stram Marsh, air gunner,
S/Sgt Arthur Lee Crandall, air gunner,
S/Sgt Cleiborn Usry Booker, air gunner,
S/Sgt Thomas Willard Hughes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
