| Event Date: 1943-05-19 |
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Crashed In Allied Territory Comments: Non-combat sortie, ferrying aircraft from AAB Kearney, Nebraska, to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine, en-route to combat assignment in England. Failure of the left brake and subsequent pilot actions resulted in extensive damage to the aircraft. |
Non-Combat Sortie |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑5851 ⇗ | 547th | not known | |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Keck, George Blackburn⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Gaither, Raymond A⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Juart, William Woodrow⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Bryant, Arthur Russell⇗ | Completed, Uninjured | |
| Radio Operator | Hollingsworth, Frank Hoyle⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | DeVille, Milton Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Passenger | Paduch, Theodore (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Passenger | Hughes, Walden Allan⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Passenger | Jackson, Billy J (IO)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Passenger | Reiss, Alfred (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| ACCIREP | Accident Report # 43-05-19-11⇗ |