B-17F 301BG? crashed Gatwick 2/10/42

[SteveB]

Can anyone provide any more detail on this a/c?

The a/c force-landed at Gatwick on 2/10/42 probably at 1630 hours. On this day the 97BG and 301BG had attacked a/c industry targets at Meaulte/Albert in Northern France. It seems that only 301BG suffered losses - 6 a/c damaged and 3 WIA.

Thanks

Steve

[Ivo de Jong]

B-17F 41-24397 301st BG, 325th BS, 'Phyllis'
Crew (all returned)
1/Lt Charles W. Paine Jr (pilot)
1/Lt Robert H. Long (co-pilot)
2/Lt John A. Thompson (nav)
2/Lt Stanley A. Komerick (bomb)
Sgt H.M Peterson (eng)
S/Sgt Walter G. Parcels (rop)
Sgt Tom J. Coburn Jr. (g)
Sgt A.N. Bouthillier (g)
S/Sgt T.L. Sheeder (g)
S/Sgt B.T. Taucher (tg)
T/O Chelveston, target Meaulte. On return a/c crashlanded at Gatwick with landing gear retracted. Three crewmembers were injured and the perspex nose section had to be removed to facilitate the removal of an injured crewmembers.
Details from Hey/Bishop 'losses of the 8th and 9th AF'.
Best regards,
Ivo de Jong
The Netherlands

[SteveB]

Thanks very much Ivo.

I enjoyed your book "Mission 376"!

Steve