Date & Time: Mar 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-5313
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Meteorological / Weather
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Ephrata - Ephrata
MSN:
3852
YOM:
1942
Location:
Ephrata
Washington
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
11
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
Shortly after midnight, the airplane departed Ephrata AFB on a one hour and thirty minute weather flight. Ceiling was reported between 4,000 and 6,000 feet. While cruising northeast of the airfield, the airplane exploded in midair and crashed in a prairie. All 11 occupants were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt James A. Calnon,
2nd Lt Marvin R. Furch,
2nd Lt Joseph J. Whalen,
S/Sgt John G. Bowen,
S/Sgt Joseph E. Brielman,
S/Sgt Harold W. Bunce,
T/Sgt William T. Freeland,
T/Sgt Harold L. Mason,
T/Sgt Herman E. Stephens,
Sgt Abraham Kaden,
Sgt Jack D. Naus.