Date & Time:
Jun 28, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-29847
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Polebrook - Polebrook
MSN:
4961
YOM:
1943
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Polebrook at 1430LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Muzillac. Four crew members were killed and six others parachuted to safety. Four became PoW and two evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt Robert William Adams, pilot,
F/O George Henry Gloudeman, copilot,
T/Sgt Everett L. Brannen, mechanic, †
T/Sgt Ermyle E. Young, radio operator, †
2nd Lt Joseph P. Normile, navigator,
2nd Lt Roy L. Sage, bombardier,
S/Sgt Dragie J. Yareff, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Joseph F. Wolfe, air gunner,†
S/Sgt William Weldon Claggett, air gunner,
S/Sgt Donald Franklin Capper, air gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt Robert William Adams, pilot,
F/O George Henry Gloudeman, copilot,
T/Sgt Everett L. Brannen, mechanic, †
T/Sgt Ermyle E. Young, radio operator, †
2nd Lt Joseph P. Normile, navigator,
2nd Lt Roy L. Sage, bombardier,
S/Sgt Dragie J. Yareff, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Joseph F. Wolfe, air gunner,†
S/Sgt William Weldon Claggett, air gunner,
S/Sgt Donald Franklin Capper, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
