Date & Time:
Apr 4, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-5232
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Chelvestson - Chelveston
MSN:
3771
YOM:
1942
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chelveston at 1100LT on an operation against the Renault factory located in Boulogne-Billancourt. After passing over Rouen, it was shot down by German fighters and crashed in Le Vaudreuil. A crew was killed, two evaded and seven became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Morris M. Jones, pilot,
1st Lt Edward Wownshend Logan, copilot,
1st Lt Robert Fabec, bombardier,
1st Lt Homer Hirst Mohr, navigator,
Sgt William Harvey Johnson, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Jack Orcutt Luehrs, radio operator,
Sgt Allen Michael Fitzgerald, air gunner,
S/Sgt Edward C. Mescher, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Miles Lewis Cooley, air gunner,
Sgt John G. Hollenbeck, air gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt Morris M. Jones, pilot,
1st Lt Edward Wownshend Logan, copilot,
1st Lt Robert Fabec, bombardier,
1st Lt Homer Hirst Mohr, navigator,
Sgt William Harvey Johnson, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Jack Orcutt Luehrs, radio operator,
Sgt Allen Michael Fitzgerald, air gunner,
S/Sgt Edward C. Mescher, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Miles Lewis Cooley, air gunner,
Sgt John G. Hollenbeck, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by German fighters.
