Crash of a Martin B-26B-1 Marauder into the Atlantic Ocean: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 8, 1942
Registration:
41-17833
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane was on a transit flight from the US to England and departed Presque Isle with a crew of six on board. On the leg from Gander to Greenland, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean and was missing. Lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt James L. Hearn,
2nd Lt William C. Parson,
S/Sgt Thayer L. Farthing,
S/Sgt Michael Potoma,
Pfc Robert W. Littlle Jr.,
Pvt Warren E. Haskins.
Crew:
1st Lt James L. Hearn,
2nd Lt William C. Parson,
S/Sgt Thayer L. Farthing,
S/Sgt Michael Potoma,
Pfc Robert W. Littlle Jr.,
Pvt Warren E. Haskins.