Date & Time:
Apr 1, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
41-24294
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1089
YOM:
1942
Country:
Romania
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in an operation to attack an oil refinery in Ploiești. Approaching the target area, it was hit by the German Flak then shot down by a German fighter and crashed. Two crew members were killed and eight others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt John D. Palm, pilot,
2nd Lt William F. Love, copilot,
T/Sgt Alexander Rockinson, flight engineer,
2nd Lt William K. Wright, navigator, †
T/Sgt Harold Black, radio operator,
2nd Lt Robert W. Merrell, bombardier, †
S/Sgt William E. Thompson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Austin D. Chastain, air gunner,
S/Sgt Dallis R. Robertson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Clay E. Snyder, air gunner.
Crew:
1st Lt John D. Palm, pilot,
2nd Lt William F. Love, copilot,
T/Sgt Alexander Rockinson, flight engineer,
2nd Lt William K. Wright, navigator, †
T/Sgt Harold Black, radio operator,
2nd Lt Robert W. Merrell, bombardier, †
S/Sgt William E. Thompson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Austin D. Chastain, air gunner,
S/Sgt Dallis R. Robertson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Clay E. Snyder, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
