Date & Time:
Jun 28, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-29843
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Polebrook - Polebrook
MSN:
4957
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 Polebrook on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on the island of Belle-Île-en-Mer, near the beach called 'Grand Sables'. Five crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt John Morris Moss, pilot,
2nd Lt Leonard Bigelow, copilot,
T/Sgt Joseph J. Beal, mechanic, †
T/Sgt Burt Lee Almy, radio operator,
2nd Lt Jack R. Mason, navigator, †
1st Lt Aaron Lazerson, bombardier, †
S/Sgt John Aloysius Kennedy, air gunner,
S/Sgt Theodore E. Malish, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Emery Kenneth Criswell, air gunner,
S/Sgt Lonnie Owens, air gunner. †
Crew:
1st Lt John Morris Moss, pilot,
2nd Lt Leonard Bigelow, copilot,
T/Sgt Joseph J. Beal, mechanic, †
T/Sgt Burt Lee Almy, radio operator,
2nd Lt Jack R. Mason, navigator, †
1st Lt Aaron Lazerson, bombardier, †
S/Sgt John Aloysius Kennedy, air gunner,
S/Sgt Theodore E. Malish, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Emery Kenneth Criswell, air gunner,
S/Sgt Lonnie Owens, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
