Date & Time:
Mar 6, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-5378
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Thurleigh - Thurleigh
MSN:
3917
YOM:
1942
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to Lorient. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ploemeur. Three crew members were killed, one evaded and six became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Earl Clifford Tunnell, pilot,
1st Lt Robert Edward Biggs, copilot,
T/Sgt Charles Kenneth Kirby Jr., flight engineer,
2nd Lt Mayer Etkin, navigator, †
T/Sgt Robert Anthony Siavage, radio operator,
1st Lt Andrew Jackson Friedrich, bombardier,
T/Sgt George A. Tracy, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Ernest G. Maynard, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Charles David Hill Jr., air gunner,
S/Sgt Donald Tunstall, air gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt Earl Clifford Tunnell, pilot,
1st Lt Robert Edward Biggs, copilot,
T/Sgt Charles Kenneth Kirby Jr., flight engineer,
2nd Lt Mayer Etkin, navigator, †
T/Sgt Robert Anthony Siavage, radio operator,
1st Lt Andrew Jackson Friedrich, bombardier,
T/Sgt George A. Tracy, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Ernest G. Maynard, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Charles David Hill Jr., air gunner,
S/Sgt Donald Tunstall, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
