Crash of B26B #41-18150

[Robin R]

Hi could anybody help?

I am trying to find information on the crew and any photos of the crew and aircraft B26B #41-18150. This B26 crashed in Northern Ireland on the
10th of April 1944,

Crew
2nd LT HOWELL C OSBORNE, JR
2nd LT CHESTER M TURNER
STAFF SGT ROY R CAPPE,JR
STAFF SGT WILLIAM J DEVENNEY
SGT JIMMIE GYOVAI

From the 3rd replacement & training sqd USAAF, stationed at station 236 Toome N/Ireland.
Thank you in anticipation for any help.
Robin R

[edwest]

I do hope someone has a better answer. If not, you may wish to consider the following:

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/



Best of luck,
Ed

[Rabe Anton]

A couple of comments about the hyperlink for USAAF "accident reports" that Ed West has recently posted.

(1) A more correct term for the documents in question is flying mishap investigative board reports.

(2) Members of the public may obtain any and all of the investigative board reports advertised at http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ for free from the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA/RSA), 600 Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424, U.S.A. Only
one report per request, please.

(3) Essentially, the AAIR organization is commercially marketing archival files readily available at no charge to the public. There is no law against such activities, but those interested in such marketing should be aware of its artificial profit-making dimensions.

(4) The "accident reports" advertised at http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ were NOT "recently declassified." Rather, by official policy decisions made in ca. 1992-1993, the reports down to Jan. 1956 were made available to the public through removal of certain administrative (not security) markings.

There may be other mistakes and commercial elements within the site Ed West has noted, but the above might be a beginning.

RA