Date & Time:
Apr 16, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
41-23874
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hardwick - Hardwick
MSN:
669
YOM:
1942
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hardwick on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Saint-Renan, 11,5 km northwest of Brest. Three crew members were killed and eight others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Franklin David Lown Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Robert Henry Hudspeth, copilot,
T/Sgt Herbert B. Daly, flight engineer, †
T/Sgt Harold Secor, radio operator,
2nd Lt Orval Dwayne Huff, navigator,
2nd Lt Thaddeus I. Hawkins Jr., bombardier, †
1st Lt Harold J. Tannenbaum, photographer, †
Sgt James Stram Marsh, air gunner,
S/Sgt Arthur Lee Crandall, air gunner,
S/Sgt Cleiborn Usry Booker, air gunner,
S/Sgt Thomas Willard Hughes, air gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt Franklin David Lown Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Robert Henry Hudspeth, copilot,
T/Sgt Herbert B. Daly, flight engineer, †
T/Sgt Harold Secor, radio operator,
2nd Lt Orval Dwayne Huff, navigator,
2nd Lt Thaddeus I. Hawkins Jr., bombardier, †
1st Lt Harold J. Tannenbaum, photographer, †
Sgt James Stram Marsh, air gunner,
S/Sgt Arthur Lee Crandall, air gunner,
S/Sgt Cleiborn Usry Booker, air gunner,
S/Sgt Thomas Willard Hughes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
