NOTE: Date of death on headstone is incorrect. Incident occurred on 31 August, 1943.
On August 31, 1943, B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5376, nicknamed 'Eager Eagle' was involved in a midair collision while on a night training flight with a Bristol Beaufighter, serial #V8715, from 96 Squadron RAF. Both planes were flying without navigation lights as they were above 5,000 feet and there was a red air-raid alert in effect. The Beaufighter hit the B-17 between the number three and the number four engines. The aircraft crashed near Church Farm, Foulsham, Norfolk. Two of the crew of the B-17 managed to bail out and survive but all others on both aircraft were killed. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #15872.
The personnel killed aboard B-17 #42-5376 were:
1LT Floyd H Truesdell, O-885592, AK, Pilot
2LT Allan N McDaniel, O-674594, MO, Co-Pilot
1LT Robert W Barrall, O-660322, PA, Bombardier
2LT William M Cullity Jr, O-796496, NH, Navigator
TSGT James N Yongue, 34099269, SC, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Joseph F Van Esley, 16065969. MI, Radio Operator
SSGT Charles F Awrajcewicz, 31125603, CT, Ball Turret Gunner
SSGT George D Simon, 20325094, PA, Tail Gunner
S/LDR Edward R M Appleton, 42475, UK, Observer
The personnel killed aboard RAF Beaufighter V8715 were:
FO Frederick N Robertson, 119881, RAF
WO Bertram Ernest Dye, 47873, RAF
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Enlisted at Detroit, Michigan, July 1, 1942.
NOTE: Date of death on headstone is incorrect. Incident occurred on 31 August, 1943.
On August 31, 1943, B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5376, nicknamed 'Eager Eagle' was involved in a midair collision while on a night training flight with a Bristol Beaufighter, serial #V8715, from 96 Squadron RAF. Both planes were flying without navigation lights as they were above 5,000 feet and there was a red air-raid alert in effect. The Beaufighter hit the B-17 between the number three and the number four engines. The aircraft crashed near Church Farm, Foulsham, Norfolk. Two of the crew of the B-17 managed to bail out and survive but all others on both aircraft were killed. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #15872.
The personnel killed aboard B-17 #42-5376 were:
1LT Floyd H Truesdell, O-885592, AK, Pilot
2LT Allan N McDaniel, O-674594, MO, Co-Pilot
1LT Robert W Barrall, O-660322, PA, Bombardier
2LT William M Cullity Jr, O-796496, NH, Navigator
TSGT James N Yongue, 34099269, SC, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Joseph F Van Esley, 16065969. MI, Radio Operator
SSGT Charles F Awrajcewicz, 31125603, CT, Ball Turret Gunner
SSGT George D Simon, 20325094, PA, Tail Gunner
S/LDR Edward R M Appleton, 42475, UK, Observer
The personnel killed aboard RAF Beaufighter V8715 were:
FO Frederick N Robertson, 119881, RAF
WO Bertram Ernest Dye, 47873, RAF
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Enlisted at Detroit, Michigan, July 1, 1942.
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