Date & Time:
Apr 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
42-40523
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hamilton - Hickam
MSN:
1600
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 Hamilton AFB on a flight to Hickam Field, Honolulu. It failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt Frederick L. Gossel,
2nd Lt Theodore Samek,
2nd Lt Jack V. Brown,
F/O Lloyd W. Paulson,
S/Sgt Darwin E. Bowman,
S/Sgt Rutledge P. Fuller,
S/Sgt John S. Hottle,
S/Sgt Clement R. Temple,
T/Sgt Byron B. Cromartie,
T/Sgt A. Louis Graner.
Crew:
1st Lt Frederick L. Gossel,
2nd Lt Theodore Samek,
2nd Lt Jack V. Brown,
F/O Lloyd W. Paulson,
S/Sgt Darwin E. Bowman,
S/Sgt Rutledge P. Fuller,
S/Sgt John S. Hottle,
S/Sgt Clement R. Temple,
T/Sgt Byron B. Cromartie,
T/Sgt A. Louis Graner.
