Flight Engineer aboard B-24H Liberator
#42-52645.
Four minutes after departure from the
airfield at Fortaleza, Brazil, on a ferrying
flight to Dakar, Senegal, his bomber crashed
due to engine failure.
All ten airmen aboard were killed, including:
2nd Lt. William M Block, Jr, pilot
2nd Lt. James H Beatty, Navigator
2nd Lt. William D Davis, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Robert D Wear, co-pilot
S/Sgt. Thomas M Bassett, aerial gunner
S/Sgt. Homer E Hill, radio operator
Sgt. Leo P Desjardins, aerial gunner
Sgt. Jack Z Roby, aerial gunner
Sgt. William C Shipe, Jr, aerial gunner
~
At around midnight and fifty minutes on February 28, 1944, the B-24H, numeral 42-52645, commanded by second lieutenant William M. Brock Jr., took off toward Dakar, but due to problems in one of the engines, made a turn to land and fell.
The bodies were buried in Fortaleza and transferred to the United States in 1947.
https://tokdehistoria.com.br/2022/09/27/1944-the-tragedy-of-the-b-24-in-fortaleza-brazil/
#42-52645.
Four minutes after departure from the
airfield at Fortaleza, Brazil, on a ferrying
flight to Dakar, Senegal, his bomber crashed
due to engine failure.
All ten airmen aboard were killed, including:
2nd Lt. William M Block, Jr, pilot
2nd Lt. James H Beatty, Navigator
2nd Lt. William D Davis, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Robert D Wear, co-pilot
S/Sgt. Thomas M Bassett, aerial gunner
S/Sgt. Homer E Hill, radio operator
Sgt. Leo P Desjardins, aerial gunner
Sgt. Jack Z Roby, aerial gunner
Sgt. William C Shipe, Jr, aerial gunner
~
At around midnight and fifty minutes on February 28, 1944, the B-24H, numeral 42-52645, commanded by second lieutenant William M. Brock Jr., took off toward Dakar, but due to problems in one of the engines, made a turn to land and fell.
The bodies were buried in Fortaleza and transferred to the United States in 1947.
https://tokdehistoria.com.br/2022/09/27/1944-the-tragedy-of-the-b-24-in-fortaleza-brazil/
Flight Engineer aboard B-24H Liberator
#42-52645.
Four minutes after departure from the
airfield at Fortaleza, Brazil, on a ferrying
flight to Dakar, Senegal, his bomber crashed
due to engine failure.
All ten airmen aboard were killed, including:
2nd Lt. William M Block, Jr, pilot
2nd Lt. James H Beatty, Navigator
2nd Lt. William D Davis, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Robert D Wear, co-pilot
S/Sgt. Thomas M Bassett, aerial gunner
S/Sgt. Homer E Hill, radio operator
Sgt. Leo P Desjardins, aerial gunner
Sgt. Jack Z Roby, aerial gunner
Sgt. William C Shipe, Jr, aerial gunner
~
At around midnight and fifty minutes on February 28, 1944, the B-24H, numeral 42-52645, commanded by second lieutenant William M. Brock Jr., took off toward Dakar, but due to problems in one of the engines, made a turn to land and fell.
The bodies were buried in Fortaleza and transferred to the United States in 1947.
https://tokdehistoria.com.br/2022/09/27/1944-the-tragedy-of-the-b-24-in-fortaleza-brazil/
#42-52645.
Four minutes after departure from the
airfield at Fortaleza, Brazil, on a ferrying
flight to Dakar, Senegal, his bomber crashed
due to engine failure.
All ten airmen aboard were killed, including:
2nd Lt. William M Block, Jr, pilot
2nd Lt. James H Beatty, Navigator
2nd Lt. William D Davis, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Robert D Wear, co-pilot
S/Sgt. Thomas M Bassett, aerial gunner
S/Sgt. Homer E Hill, radio operator
Sgt. Leo P Desjardins, aerial gunner
Sgt. Jack Z Roby, aerial gunner
Sgt. William C Shipe, Jr, aerial gunner
~
At around midnight and fifty minutes on February 28, 1944, the B-24H, numeral 42-52645, commanded by second lieutenant William M. Brock Jr., took off toward Dakar, but due to problems in one of the engines, made a turn to land and fell.
The bodies were buried in Fortaleza and transferred to the United States in 1947.
https://tokdehistoria.com.br/2022/09/27/1944-the-tragedy-of-the-b-24-in-fortaleza-brazil/
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