Date & Time:
Jun 21, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-2993
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Walla Walla - Walla Walla
MSN:
7929
YOM:
1942
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
8
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew departed Walla Walla Airport on a training exercise. While conducting simulated engine failure, the crew lost control of the airplane that lost altitude and crashed in an uninhabited area located 48 km southwest of Moses Lake. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Kenneth F. Westover,
2nd Lt Russell H. Wolff Jr.
2nd Lt Lyle E. Graham,
Sgt Charles H. Land,
Sgt John J. Babb,
Sgt Guy Henry Reeves,
Sgt Louis B. Sacerino,
Sgt Jackson B. Woodley.
Crew:
2nd Lt Kenneth F. Westover,
2nd Lt Russell H. Wolff Jr.
2nd Lt Lyle E. Graham,
Sgt Charles H. Land,
Sgt John J. Babb,
Sgt Guy Henry Reeves,
Sgt Louis B. Sacerino,
Sgt Jackson B. Woodley.
Probable cause:
A delayed corrective action by the flight crew during the simulated maneuver resulted in an excessive sideslip from which they could not recover, leading to a loss of altitude, an uncontrolled descent and a subsequent impact with the ground.
