Date & Time:
Apr 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Registration:
41-9053
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Ogden-Hill - Boise
MSN:
2525
YOM:
1941
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
8
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing a training mission and was returning to Boise-Gowen Field following exercises at Ogden-Hill AFB. While flying at night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane went out of control and crashed six miles north of Strevell, Idaho. All eight occupants were killed.
Crew:
Pvt Kenneth S. Biddinger,
2nd Lt Maurice V. Bradley,
Pfc Charles J. Gneiding,
Sgt Hugh P. Jennings,
Pvt Joseph W. Koury,
2nd Lt Albert J. Rich,
2nd Lt James Robert Walker,
Sgt Henry O. Williams Jr.
Crew:
Pvt Kenneth S. Biddinger,
2nd Lt Maurice V. Bradley,
Pfc Charles J. Gneiding,
Sgt Hugh P. Jennings,
Pvt Joseph W. Koury,
2nd Lt Albert J. Rich,
2nd Lt James Robert Walker,
Sgt Henry O. Williams Jr.