Date & Time:
Jun 26, 1943 at 1811 LT
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-3188
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grafton Underwood - Grafton Underwood
MSN:
8124
YOM:
1943
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grafton Underwood to attack the airport of Villacoublay. Passing over Lisieux, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed one km south of La Chapelle-Hareng, 14 km northwest of Bernay. Five crew members were killed, four became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
2nd Lt Thomas A. Cuddeback, pilot,
F/O Luther E. Adair, copilot,
S/Sgt Edward T. Bessey, mechanic, †
2nd Lt George R. Singer, navigator, †
S/Sgt Philip James Fink, radio operator,
2nd Lt James Francis Dillon Jr., bombardier,
S/Sgt Albert L. Suchy, air gunner,
S/Sgt Marvin Frank Brown, air gunner, †
S/Sgt David J. Hardin, air gunner, †
S/Sgt John Vincent Selgo, air gunner. †
Crew:
2nd Lt Thomas A. Cuddeback, pilot,
F/O Luther E. Adair, copilot,
S/Sgt Edward T. Bessey, mechanic, †
2nd Lt George R. Singer, navigator, †
S/Sgt Philip James Fink, radio operator,
2nd Lt James Francis Dillon Jr., bombardier,
S/Sgt Albert L. Suchy, air gunner,
S/Sgt Marvin Frank Brown, air gunner, †
S/Sgt David J. Hardin, air gunner, †
S/Sgt John Vincent Selgo, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
