Date & Time:
May 26, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
42-40519
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hickam - Topham
MSN:
1596
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 four engine airplane departed Hickam AFB, Hawaii, on a transpacific flight to Topham, Canton Island, Kiribati. It failed to arrive at destination and was lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt Clarence C. Corpening,
2nd Lt Richard J. St Denis,
2nd Lt Everette D. Stoner,
2nd Lt Ralph S. Powell,
M/Sgt Richard E. Boucher,
S/Sgt Raymond Jackson Jr.,
S/Sgt Howard A. Morckel,
S/Sgt Anthony J. Schneider,
T/Sgt Felipe D. Chavez,
T/Sgt Francis L. Powell.
Crew:
1st Lt Clarence C. Corpening,
2nd Lt Richard J. St Denis,
2nd Lt Everette D. Stoner,
2nd Lt Ralph S. Powell,
M/Sgt Richard E. Boucher,
S/Sgt Raymond Jackson Jr.,
S/Sgt Howard A. Morckel,
S/Sgt Anthony J. Schneider,
T/Sgt Felipe D. Chavez,
T/Sgt Francis L. Powell.
