Date & Time:
Apr 4, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-5146
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Chelvestson - Chelveston
MSN:
3685
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 Chelveston on an operation against the Renault factory located in Boulogne-Billancourt. It was first attacked by light Flak and later shot down by a German fighter. Two crew members were killed and eight others parachuted to safety.
Crew:
1st Lt Herschel B. Ellis, pilot,
2nd Lt Eugene G. Gwier, copilot,
T/Sgt Malcolm Henry Logan, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Stanley Tucker, radio operator,
2nd Lt Raymond Michael Rahner, navigator,
Sgt Archibald Bertie Parker, bombardier, †
S/Sgt William G. Withus, air gunner, †
S/Sgt William Thomas Humberston, air gunner,
S/Sgt Raymond Mordocal Turner Jr., air gunner,
Sgt Vito Tony Pasquariello, air gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt Herschel B. Ellis, pilot,
2nd Lt Eugene G. Gwier, copilot,
T/Sgt Malcolm Henry Logan, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Stanley Tucker, radio operator,
2nd Lt Raymond Michael Rahner, navigator,
Sgt Archibald Bertie Parker, bombardier, †
S/Sgt William G. Withus, air gunner, †
S/Sgt William Thomas Humberston, air gunner,
S/Sgt Raymond Mordocal Turner Jr., air gunner,
Sgt Vito Tony Pasquariello, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
