C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

Looking for info on crash and casualties of a C-54A serial 42-72171 of Air Transport Command 28-8-1944 near Prestwick.
One of the fatal casualties was 2/Lt Vivianna Cronin of 818 Medical Air Evacuation Trnansport Squadron buried in the Cambridge US Mil. Cem.

Regards and thanks in advance for your help.
Henk.

Re: C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19440828-2

Total: Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20
Ground casualties: Fatalities: 5
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) (United Kingdom)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature: Military
Departure airport: ?
Destination airport: Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK), United Kingdom
Narrative:
Crashed into a residential area while attempting to land at Prestwick (PIK) in poor visiblility.

Re: C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

Henk,

Thru website airforcehistoryindex.org all names of the casualties can be found:

They are:

GOLDEN, G.; OGLESBY, B. S.; MCGREW, D.; BIGOTTO, L.; GORSKI, A.; SCOTT, A.; VENABE, EUGENE R.; LOEB, NORMAN A.; SCHEPPS, MADISON C.; FISSEL, JOHN E. JR; CRONIN, VIVANNA; KIRK, THOMAS W.; FLEMMING, BRAXTON G.; FORTENBERRY, HORACE J.; JESCH, ERNEST E.; FARLEY, WILLIAM C.; ERICKSON, GLENN K.; HOGSETT, BURT D.; KRUSI, JOHN B.; BERMAN, HARRY; BRITISH CIVILIANS: MAITLAND, THOMAS GEORGE; HANDYSIDE, ROBERT A.; SNOWDEN, WILLIAM K.; KINNEAR, THOMAS; HASWELL, IRENE (PRESTWICK SCOTLAND)

Groet,

Leendert

Re: C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

Henk,

Also try this link on armyairforces.com: http://forum.armyairforces.com/tm.as...mpage=1#134423

Groet,

Leendert

Re: C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

Golden was an American Airlines captain attached to Air Transport Command. He is on the long list of names in the dedication to Ernest K Gann's classic Fate is the Hunter.

Re: C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

Thanks friends for all your help. Will inform my friend who was looking for info on this incident.
Best regards,
Henk.

Re: C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

An updated list of the names with serial numbers etc, unfinished but its gotten too late

Glenn Golden, Civilian, Air Transport Command, Texas, buried in Cambridge
Barton S Oglesby, Civilian, New Mexico
Walter E McGrew, Civilian, Navigator, Air Transport Command, Texas, buried in Cambridge (Dated 27th Aug)
Louis Bigotto, New York, Civilian
Anthony J Gorski, Civilian, Headstone: FL LT AAL ATC, New York, buried Holy Trinity Cemetery, NY
Pvt Andrew Scott Jr 13126582, 1378 AAF Base Unit ATC, Pennsylvania, buried in Cambridge (Dated 27th Aug)
Lt Col Eugene R Venable O314458, 782 Tank Battalion, Virginia, buried in Cambridge (dated 27th Aug)
Lt Col Norman A Loeb O19837, 33 CAV RCN SQ, 20 ARMD DIV, buried in New York, Long Island National Cemetery
Lt Col Madison C Schepps O-17214, 67 Armd Inf Bn, 13 Armd Div, buried in US Military Academy Cemetery, West Point
Capt. John E Fissel Jr, O345594, 816 Medical Air Evac Transport Squadron, Maryland,
2Lt Vivianna Cronin N788474, 818 Medical Air Evac Transport Squadron, Montana, buried in Cambridge
Pvt Thomas W Kirk 39622242, 1403 AAF Base Unit, Air Transport Command, Montana, buried in Cambridge
Pvt Braxton G Fleming 34814047, Air Corps, Alabama, buried in Cambridge
Pvt Horace J Fortenberry, 38460556, 505 AAF BU, Alabama, buried in Littleville, Haleyville, Alabama
Pvt Ernest E Jesch 39581408, Air Corps, Nevada, buried in Cambridge (Dated 27th Aug)
Pvt William C Farley 35872089, Ohio buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati
Pvt Glenn K Erickson 37305309, 701 Bomb Sqn, 445 Bomb Group, North Dakota (Dated 26th Aug)
Pvt Burt D Hogsett 34971375, 1378 AAF Base Unit, ATC, Florida, buried in Cambridge (dated 27th Aug)
Pvt John B Krusi 42127130, Air Corps, New York, buried in Cambridge (Dated 27th Aug)
Dr Harry Berman, Civilian, Mineralogist, Massachusetts, buried in Cambridge (Dated 27th Aug)

Re: C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

Hello Leendirt,
The link you kindly provided does not seem to work ?
Does one have to be a forum member to be able to view it ?
Alex

Re: C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

Hello,

British Civilian casualties 28 August, 1944:

Robert Alexander HANDYSIDE (aged 44)
Irene Agnes HASWELL (aged 5)
Thomas KINNEAR (aged 22)
Thomas George MAITLAND (aged 43)
William Kenneth SNOWDON (aged 24)

All died at 6 Hillside Avenue, Prestwick. (4 lodgers and 1 child).

Col.

Re: C-54A - 42-72171 - 28-8-1944
 

Alex, the AAF forum shut down late last year or early this year.