Edwin was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 858th Engineer Squadron, 432nd Air Service Group
Service # 32557575
He entered the Service from New Jersey
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 43-38856 of the 534th Bombardment Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group, was on a ferry flight from Ridgewell in Esssex to Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland with a normal ferry crew and a large number of passengers. These passengers were additional aircrew and ground crew travelling to Northern Ireland for a short period OF much needed leave. The aircraft was on course flying in low cloud when it crossed the coast of the Isle of Man. Shortly after the aircraft passed over Glen Mona and Corrany before flying into the steep southern slope of North Barrule about 200ft short of the summit of the hill. The aircraft disintegrated with most of the airframe being consumed by fire.
The 31 crew and passengers were buried on April 27, 1945, at the Cambridge American Cemetery at Madingley, near Cambridge,but most were subsequently repatriated to USA, leaving just 8 at Cambridge.
The sadness of this tragedy was compounded by the fact that it happened just two weeks before the end of the war and this was the second accident on the island involving a B-17 in less than 10 days.It also followed another tragedy just nine months earlier when six died in a separate crash on the hill.
Reports from the time of the second crash stated that no operations over Germany were planned, so servicemen from nine different units were billeted for a week's leave to Northern Ireland. The men chosen were the support servicemen, the ground crews, armourers, mechanics and fitters – people who kept the aircraft flying, combat-ready and safe.
Some of those men had been billeted since June 1943 and for most this was their first real break.
The flight, piloted by Lieutenant Charles E. Ackerman was never to reach its destination.
In 1995 Maughold Commissioners and the Manx Aviation Preservation Society erected a memorial plaque and flagpole at the crash site.
Every year since, Mike Corlett of Laxey, leads fellow members of the Manx Aviation Preservation Society up North Barrule where they fly an American flag over the spot for a week to commemorate the tragedy.
Mike Corlett visited the crash site as a boy soon after it happened in 1945 and remembers the scene of devastation on the hillside with broken and burnt parts of the aircraft spread over a wide area.
However, by 2010 the society's American flag was becoming severely weather-beaten due to the high winds which scour the hillside.
Upon hearing of this predicament Kelly McCarthy, second vice president of North American Manx Association and one of the island's worldwide network of honorary representatives, arranged with her US senator to acquire a special flag.The North American Manx Association provided not just any flag, but one that had been flown over the Capitol in Washington DC.
When not flying, it is on display at The Manx Aviation and Military Museum located at the edge of Ronaldsway Airport on the main Douglas to Castletown road.Exhibits, personal effects and more information about the worst crash in Manx aviation history can be seen there.
There is a memorial at Ridgewell, near Great Yeldham in Essex.
Captain Charles Earl Ackerman, Jr
Pilot
Private First Class Angelo Quagliariello
Passenger
Corporal Merle L.[Morran?] Ramsowr
Passenger
Private Andrew Robertson Barbour
Passenger
Corporal Harry Super,
Passenger.
Technical Sergeant Wesley Malcolm Hagen
Radio Operator
Master Sergeant Edward Z. M. Gelman
Passenger
Repatriated
Flight Officer Edwin Augustus Hutcheson Jr.
Co-pilot
1st Lieutenant John Philip Fedak
Bombardier
1st Lieutenant Wayne Wendell Hart
Air Observer
Technical Sergeant David Howard Lindon
Flight Engineer
1st Lieutenant Lawrence Edward McGhehey
Passenger
Technical Sergeant Joseph William Sullivan
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Ralph Laverne Gibbs
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Wayne Kenneth Manes
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Alfred Mares Mata
Passenger (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Jose Maximinio Martinez
Passenger
Tech 4. Andrew Piter Jr.
Passenger
Corporal Earl Graham Ammerman
Passenger
Corporal Edward Gene Bailey
Passenger
Burial place unknown
Corporal Thomas Peter Flaherty
Passenger
Corporal Herbert Clarence Gupton Jr
Passenger
Sergeant Michael Joseph Kakos Jr.
Passenger
Corporal Leslie Howe Maxwell
Passenger
Sergeant Irwin Russell Hargraves
Passenger
1st Lieutenant Martin M. Matyas
Navigator
1st Lieutenant James Maxon Hinkle
Passenger
Technical Sergeant Joseph Lee Gray
Passenger
Technical Sergeant William Everett Geist
Passenger
Tech 5. Walter Alexander McCullough
Passenger
Service # 32557575
He entered the Service from New Jersey
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 43-38856 of the 534th Bombardment Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group, was on a ferry flight from Ridgewell in Esssex to Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland with a normal ferry crew and a large number of passengers. These passengers were additional aircrew and ground crew travelling to Northern Ireland for a short period OF much needed leave. The aircraft was on course flying in low cloud when it crossed the coast of the Isle of Man. Shortly after the aircraft passed over Glen Mona and Corrany before flying into the steep southern slope of North Barrule about 200ft short of the summit of the hill. The aircraft disintegrated with most of the airframe being consumed by fire.
The 31 crew and passengers were buried on April 27, 1945, at the Cambridge American Cemetery at Madingley, near Cambridge,but most were subsequently repatriated to USA, leaving just 8 at Cambridge.
The sadness of this tragedy was compounded by the fact that it happened just two weeks before the end of the war and this was the second accident on the island involving a B-17 in less than 10 days.It also followed another tragedy just nine months earlier when six died in a separate crash on the hill.
Reports from the time of the second crash stated that no operations over Germany were planned, so servicemen from nine different units were billeted for a week's leave to Northern Ireland. The men chosen were the support servicemen, the ground crews, armourers, mechanics and fitters – people who kept the aircraft flying, combat-ready and safe.
Some of those men had been billeted since June 1943 and for most this was their first real break.
The flight, piloted by Lieutenant Charles E. Ackerman was never to reach its destination.
In 1995 Maughold Commissioners and the Manx Aviation Preservation Society erected a memorial plaque and flagpole at the crash site.
Every year since, Mike Corlett of Laxey, leads fellow members of the Manx Aviation Preservation Society up North Barrule where they fly an American flag over the spot for a week to commemorate the tragedy.
Mike Corlett visited the crash site as a boy soon after it happened in 1945 and remembers the scene of devastation on the hillside with broken and burnt parts of the aircraft spread over a wide area.
However, by 2010 the society's American flag was becoming severely weather-beaten due to the high winds which scour the hillside.
Upon hearing of this predicament Kelly McCarthy, second vice president of North American Manx Association and one of the island's worldwide network of honorary representatives, arranged with her US senator to acquire a special flag.The North American Manx Association provided not just any flag, but one that had been flown over the Capitol in Washington DC.
When not flying, it is on display at The Manx Aviation and Military Museum located at the edge of Ronaldsway Airport on the main Douglas to Castletown road.Exhibits, personal effects and more information about the worst crash in Manx aviation history can be seen there.
There is a memorial at Ridgewell, near Great Yeldham in Essex.
Captain Charles Earl Ackerman, Jr
Pilot
Private First Class Angelo Quagliariello
Passenger
Corporal Merle L.[Morran?] Ramsowr
Passenger
Private Andrew Robertson Barbour
Passenger
Corporal Harry Super,
Passenger.
Technical Sergeant Wesley Malcolm Hagen
Radio Operator
Master Sergeant Edward Z. M. Gelman
Passenger
Repatriated
Flight Officer Edwin Augustus Hutcheson Jr.
Co-pilot
1st Lieutenant John Philip Fedak
Bombardier
1st Lieutenant Wayne Wendell Hart
Air Observer
Technical Sergeant David Howard Lindon
Flight Engineer
1st Lieutenant Lawrence Edward McGhehey
Passenger
Technical Sergeant Joseph William Sullivan
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Ralph Laverne Gibbs
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Wayne Kenneth Manes
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Alfred Mares Mata
Passenger (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Jose Maximinio Martinez
Passenger
Tech 4. Andrew Piter Jr.
Passenger
Corporal Earl Graham Ammerman
Passenger
Corporal Edward Gene Bailey
Passenger
Burial place unknown
Corporal Thomas Peter Flaherty
Passenger
Corporal Herbert Clarence Gupton Jr
Passenger
Sergeant Michael Joseph Kakos Jr.
Passenger
Corporal Leslie Howe Maxwell
Passenger
Sergeant Irwin Russell Hargraves
Passenger
1st Lieutenant Martin M. Matyas
Navigator
1st Lieutenant James Maxon Hinkle
Passenger
Technical Sergeant Joseph Lee Gray
Passenger
Technical Sergeant William Everett Geist
Passenger
Tech 5. Walter Alexander McCullough
Passenger
Edwin was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 858th Engineer Squadron, 432nd Air Service Group
Service # 32557575
He entered the Service from New Jersey
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 43-38856 of the 534th Bombardment Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group, was on a ferry flight from Ridgewell in Esssex to Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland with a normal ferry crew and a large number of passengers. These passengers were additional aircrew and ground crew travelling to Northern Ireland for a short period OF much needed leave. The aircraft was on course flying in low cloud when it crossed the coast of the Isle of Man. Shortly after the aircraft passed over Glen Mona and Corrany before flying into the steep southern slope of North Barrule about 200ft short of the summit of the hill. The aircraft disintegrated with most of the airframe being consumed by fire.
The 31 crew and passengers were buried on April 27, 1945, at the Cambridge American Cemetery at Madingley, near Cambridge,but most were subsequently repatriated to USA, leaving just 8 at Cambridge.
The sadness of this tragedy was compounded by the fact that it happened just two weeks before the end of the war and this was the second accident on the island involving a B-17 in less than 10 days.It also followed another tragedy just nine months earlier when six died in a separate crash on the hill.
Reports from the time of the second crash stated that no operations over Germany were planned, so servicemen from nine different units were billeted for a week's leave to Northern Ireland. The men chosen were the support servicemen, the ground crews, armourers, mechanics and fitters – people who kept the aircraft flying, combat-ready and safe.
Some of those men had been billeted since June 1943 and for most this was their first real break.
The flight, piloted by Lieutenant Charles E. Ackerman was never to reach its destination.
In 1995 Maughold Commissioners and the Manx Aviation Preservation Society erected a memorial plaque and flagpole at the crash site.
Every year since, Mike Corlett of Laxey, leads fellow members of the Manx Aviation Preservation Society up North Barrule where they fly an American flag over the spot for a week to commemorate the tragedy.
Mike Corlett visited the crash site as a boy soon after it happened in 1945 and remembers the scene of devastation on the hillside with broken and burnt parts of the aircraft spread over a wide area.
However, by 2010 the society's American flag was becoming severely weather-beaten due to the high winds which scour the hillside.
Upon hearing of this predicament Kelly McCarthy, second vice president of North American Manx Association and one of the island's worldwide network of honorary representatives, arranged with her US senator to acquire a special flag.The North American Manx Association provided not just any flag, but one that had been flown over the Capitol in Washington DC.
When not flying, it is on display at The Manx Aviation and Military Museum located at the edge of Ronaldsway Airport on the main Douglas to Castletown road.Exhibits, personal effects and more information about the worst crash in Manx aviation history can be seen there.
There is a memorial at Ridgewell, near Great Yeldham in Essex.
Captain Charles Earl Ackerman, Jr
Pilot
Private First Class Angelo Quagliariello
Passenger
Corporal Merle L.[Morran?] Ramsowr
Passenger
Private Andrew Robertson Barbour
Passenger
Corporal Harry Super,
Passenger.
Technical Sergeant Wesley Malcolm Hagen
Radio Operator
Master Sergeant Edward Z. M. Gelman
Passenger
Repatriated
Flight Officer Edwin Augustus Hutcheson Jr.
Co-pilot
1st Lieutenant John Philip Fedak
Bombardier
1st Lieutenant Wayne Wendell Hart
Air Observer
Technical Sergeant David Howard Lindon
Flight Engineer
1st Lieutenant Lawrence Edward McGhehey
Passenger
Technical Sergeant Joseph William Sullivan
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Ralph Laverne Gibbs
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Wayne Kenneth Manes
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Alfred Mares Mata
Passenger (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Jose Maximinio Martinez
Passenger
Tech 4. Andrew Piter Jr.
Passenger
Corporal Earl Graham Ammerman
Passenger
Corporal Edward Gene Bailey
Passenger
Burial place unknown
Corporal Thomas Peter Flaherty
Passenger
Corporal Herbert Clarence Gupton Jr
Passenger
Sergeant Michael Joseph Kakos Jr.
Passenger
Corporal Leslie Howe Maxwell
Passenger
Sergeant Irwin Russell Hargraves
Passenger
1st Lieutenant Martin M. Matyas
Navigator
1st Lieutenant James Maxon Hinkle
Passenger
Technical Sergeant Joseph Lee Gray
Passenger
Technical Sergeant William Everett Geist
Passenger
Tech 5. Walter Alexander McCullough
Passenger
Service # 32557575
He entered the Service from New Jersey
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 43-38856 of the 534th Bombardment Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group, was on a ferry flight from Ridgewell in Esssex to Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland with a normal ferry crew and a large number of passengers. These passengers were additional aircrew and ground crew travelling to Northern Ireland for a short period OF much needed leave. The aircraft was on course flying in low cloud when it crossed the coast of the Isle of Man. Shortly after the aircraft passed over Glen Mona and Corrany before flying into the steep southern slope of North Barrule about 200ft short of the summit of the hill. The aircraft disintegrated with most of the airframe being consumed by fire.
The 31 crew and passengers were buried on April 27, 1945, at the Cambridge American Cemetery at Madingley, near Cambridge,but most were subsequently repatriated to USA, leaving just 8 at Cambridge.
The sadness of this tragedy was compounded by the fact that it happened just two weeks before the end of the war and this was the second accident on the island involving a B-17 in less than 10 days.It also followed another tragedy just nine months earlier when six died in a separate crash on the hill.
Reports from the time of the second crash stated that no operations over Germany were planned, so servicemen from nine different units were billeted for a week's leave to Northern Ireland. The men chosen were the support servicemen, the ground crews, armourers, mechanics and fitters – people who kept the aircraft flying, combat-ready and safe.
Some of those men had been billeted since June 1943 and for most this was their first real break.
The flight, piloted by Lieutenant Charles E. Ackerman was never to reach its destination.
In 1995 Maughold Commissioners and the Manx Aviation Preservation Society erected a memorial plaque and flagpole at the crash site.
Every year since, Mike Corlett of Laxey, leads fellow members of the Manx Aviation Preservation Society up North Barrule where they fly an American flag over the spot for a week to commemorate the tragedy.
Mike Corlett visited the crash site as a boy soon after it happened in 1945 and remembers the scene of devastation on the hillside with broken and burnt parts of the aircraft spread over a wide area.
However, by 2010 the society's American flag was becoming severely weather-beaten due to the high winds which scour the hillside.
Upon hearing of this predicament Kelly McCarthy, second vice president of North American Manx Association and one of the island's worldwide network of honorary representatives, arranged with her US senator to acquire a special flag.The North American Manx Association provided not just any flag, but one that had been flown over the Capitol in Washington DC.
When not flying, it is on display at The Manx Aviation and Military Museum located at the edge of Ronaldsway Airport on the main Douglas to Castletown road.Exhibits, personal effects and more information about the worst crash in Manx aviation history can be seen there.
There is a memorial at Ridgewell, near Great Yeldham in Essex.
Captain Charles Earl Ackerman, Jr
Pilot
Private First Class Angelo Quagliariello
Passenger
Corporal Merle L.[Morran?] Ramsowr
Passenger
Private Andrew Robertson Barbour
Passenger
Corporal Harry Super,
Passenger.
Technical Sergeant Wesley Malcolm Hagen
Radio Operator
Master Sergeant Edward Z. M. Gelman
Passenger
Repatriated
Flight Officer Edwin Augustus Hutcheson Jr.
Co-pilot
1st Lieutenant John Philip Fedak
Bombardier
1st Lieutenant Wayne Wendell Hart
Air Observer
Technical Sergeant David Howard Lindon
Flight Engineer
1st Lieutenant Lawrence Edward McGhehey
Passenger
Technical Sergeant Joseph William Sullivan
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Ralph Laverne Gibbs
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Wayne Kenneth Manes
Passenger
Staff Sergeant Alfred Mares Mata
Passenger (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Jose Maximinio Martinez
Passenger
Tech 4. Andrew Piter Jr.
Passenger
Corporal Earl Graham Ammerman
Passenger
Corporal Edward Gene Bailey
Passenger
Burial place unknown
Corporal Thomas Peter Flaherty
Passenger
Corporal Herbert Clarence Gupton Jr
Passenger
Sergeant Michael Joseph Kakos Jr.
Passenger
Corporal Leslie Howe Maxwell
Passenger
Sergeant Irwin Russell Hargraves
Passenger
1st Lieutenant Martin M. Matyas
Navigator
1st Lieutenant James Maxon Hinkle
Passenger
Technical Sergeant Joseph Lee Gray
Passenger
Technical Sergeant William Everett Geist
Passenger
Tech 5. Walter Alexander McCullough
Passenger
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