Date & Time:
May 22, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-5112
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Ellsworth - Ellsworth
MSN:
3651
YOM:
1942
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
11
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
The crew departed Ellsworth AFB on a bombing exercise. While maneuvering over the North Bombing Range located in the region of Newell, it went out of control and crashed. All 11 crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Carl E. Kissling,
2nd Lt Marshall H. Ruess,
2nd Lt Emmett C. J. Christian,
2nd Lt John J. Doyle,
2nd Lt Leeman L. Gains,
S/Sgt Roger G. Kellog,
S/Sgt Mather P. Milligan,
S/Sgt Jack L. Tricker,
Sgt Stanley H. Gramza,
Sgt Lawrence D. Burbank,
Pvt Charles C. Brancamp.
Crew:
2nd Lt Carl E. Kissling,
2nd Lt Marshall H. Ruess,
2nd Lt Emmett C. J. Christian,
2nd Lt John J. Doyle,
2nd Lt Leeman L. Gains,
S/Sgt Roger G. Kellog,
S/Sgt Mather P. Milligan,
S/Sgt Jack L. Tricker,
Sgt Stanley H. Gramza,
Sgt Lawrence D. Burbank,
Pvt Charles C. Brancamp.
