Date & Time:
Jan 23, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
41-24584
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Molesworth - Molesworth
MSN:
3269
YOM:
1942
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation to Lorient. Over Finistère, it was shot down by a German fighter and was partially abandoned by the crew. It crashed near Edern and was destroyed. Two crew members were killed, six became PoW and two evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt Harry Albert Robey Jr., pilot, †
2nd Lt Mark L. McDermott, copilot,
T/Sgt Francis Sulcofski, mechanic,
2nd Lt Charles Richmond Grice, navigator,
S/Sgt Sebastian L. Vogel, radio operator,
2nd Lt Roy R. Moser, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Wilburg F. Hummel, air gunner,
Sgt Val B. Hannon, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Haynes Morrison, air gunner,
Sgt Edward T. Levering, air gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt Harry Albert Robey Jr., pilot, †
2nd Lt Mark L. McDermott, copilot,
T/Sgt Francis Sulcofski, mechanic,
2nd Lt Charles Richmond Grice, navigator,
S/Sgt Sebastian L. Vogel, radio operator,
2nd Lt Roy R. Moser, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Wilburg F. Hummel, air gunner,
Sgt Val B. Hannon, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Haynes Morrison, air gunner,
Sgt Edward T. Levering, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
