SORTIE REPORT #11745
Event Date: 1944-07-22
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Crashed In Allied Territory
Comments: Following a landing after a training flight, co-pilot mistakenly placed landing gear switch in the 'UP' position, causing the gear to collapse during rollout. No crew were injured.
Non-Combat Sortie
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97201 ⇗ 547th SO*J JAMAICA MARY
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hale, Charles Eugene⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Griggs, Frederick Monroe⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Gyory, Frank Kalman⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Brown, Billie Barnard⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hannaford, Gordon Coyle⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Greenberg, Marvin (NMI)⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Ziegler, Pete Frank⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Lay, Obert Merle⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Burlingame, James Wyatt⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Fernquist, Kenneth Irvin⇗ 547 Completed, Uninjured
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
ACCIREPAccident Report # 44-07-22-524⇗
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