Date & Time:
Jun 11, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-29915
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Kimbolton - Kimbolton
MSN:
5029
YOM:
1943
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
10
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kimbolton on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea, possibly off the Dutch coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt Raymond J. Zucker, pilot,
2nd Lt Abram E. Birch, copilot,
2nd Lt Anthony Loyd William Amaya, bombardier,
2nd Lt Harry R. Anderson, navigator,
T/Sgt Russell L. Good, radio operator,
T/Sgt Julius G. Lee, tail gunner,
S/Sgt Michael G. Froehlich, tail gunner,
S/Sgt James E. Keeler, right gunner,
S/Sgt John F. Sneed, gunner,
Cpl Paul E. Hammond, left gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt Raymond J. Zucker, pilot,
2nd Lt Abram E. Birch, copilot,
2nd Lt Anthony Loyd William Amaya, bombardier,
2nd Lt Harry R. Anderson, navigator,
T/Sgt Russell L. Good, radio operator,
T/Sgt Julius G. Lee, tail gunner,
S/Sgt Michael G. Froehlich, tail gunner,
S/Sgt James E. Keeler, right gunner,
S/Sgt John F. Sneed, gunner,
Cpl Paul E. Hammond, left gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
