Date & Time:
Jan 27, 1943 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
41-23776
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Shipdham - Shipdham
MSN:
571
YOM:
1942
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
9
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Shipdham on an operation to Vegesack. After passing the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee off Terschelling. Nine crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Maxwell Weston Sullivan Jr., pilot, †
2nd Lt Duane E. Nelson, copilot, †
S/Sgt Frederick W. Clark, flight engineer, †
M/Sgt Benjamin F. Duke, radio operator, †
1st Lt Raymond C. Lunenfeld, navigator, †
2nd Lt A. W. Glass, bombardier,
S/Sgt Philip J. Bloomfield, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas W. Crook Jr., air gunner, †
S/Sgt Harry L. Ottman, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Glen C. Pierson, air gunner. †
Crew:
1st Lt Maxwell Weston Sullivan Jr., pilot, †
2nd Lt Duane E. Nelson, copilot, †
S/Sgt Frederick W. Clark, flight engineer, †
M/Sgt Benjamin F. Duke, radio operator, †
1st Lt Raymond C. Lunenfeld, navigator, †
2nd Lt A. W. Glass, bombardier,
S/Sgt Philip J. Bloomfield, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas W. Crook Jr., air gunner, †
S/Sgt Harry L. Ottman, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Glen C. Pierson, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
