USAAF aircraft 19-8-1942 (Sudan)

[Henk Welting]

P/O (Pilot) Elroy F. BENT - RCAF J/9264 and P/O (Pilot) Peter H. WYMAN - RCAF J/8642, both buried Khartoum, Sudan, were killed 19-8-1942 on board of a USAAF aircraft crashing at Wadi Seidna.
Looking for aircraft type and serial and - if possible - more on accident and crew.
Regards and thanks,
Henk.

[Martin Gleeson]

Henk,

I expect you have already checked the AAIR website for this loss, but in case you have not there is no USAAF accident listed in the Sudan or nearby for any date in August 1942. Of course not all USAAF accidents had a report made out and probably some that did have not survived.

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Martin. TOCH was my last hope. No trace in Ferry Command either. Both Canadians are the only casualties for this date at the Khartoum WC (or Americans involved may have been repatriated). For the time being their names will be left on my long list of airmen sofar unaccounted for.
Regards,
Henk.

[Leendert]

Henk,

Thru airforcehistoryindex.org surprisingly a lot can be found when looking for full crew names of USAAF a/c that had accidents.
It so seems however that for the 19 Aug 1942 records (be careful: presented as 43-8-19) there are several that have no names provided.
It makes we wonder if the one with Bent and Wyman is one of them...

I gathered that the USAAF was ferrying a/c into Sudan at that time from Port Sudan and also that the RAF was receiving Marauders in that area in August 1942.

Groet,

Leendert

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Leendert, another direction to continue the search.
Dank en gegroet,
Henk.

[Henk Welting]

Leendert,
A commercial website apprears when I go for the recommended website Airforcehistory.org
Please advise.
Regards,
Henk.

[Leendert]

Henk,

Try this one: http://airforcehistoryindex.org/

Groet,

Leendert

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
With reference to post 4 above .
The following may well be worth looking up.
The RAF/RCAF etc etc may not have been added to the list and it could perhaps be of help if the names here can be matched to aircraft or aircraft type ?
I have highlighted four sections that might be of interest .

LANGAN, JOHN P. (43-8-19-1)
*TRACY, JOSEPH P. (43-8-19-2)
*CONNER, WILLIAM W. (43-8-19- 3)
*LANFIER, LEON; KING, CHARLES P. (43-8-19-4)
*JUDGE, MAURICE L.; HILEY, J. H. (43-8-19- 5)
*CRISMAN, L. R. (43-8-19-6)
*BERGER, GEORGE; TONG, BYRON C. (43-8-19-7)
*CLUGSTON, HARRY V. (CIVILIAN); BURRIS, LLOYD K. (43-8-19-8)
*SEEBERG, G. A.; ZAVACKI, S.; FRAYLING, S. (43-8-19-9)
*HENDRICKSON, LAWRENCE; HARDY, KENNETH A. (43-8-19- 10)
*GOLDBERG, J. M. (CIVILIAN) (43-8-19-11)
*EIDEN, ORVILLE; CHISHOLM, DONALD W. (CIVILIAN) (43-8-19-12)
*NO NAMES ON 43-8-19-13
*QUIESENBERRY, BILLIE E. (43-8-19- 14)
*BIRON, RICHARD M. (43-8-19-15)
*BEDIENT, HAROLD A.; BIRD, W. A. (43-8-19- 16)
*HAVENS, R. R. (43-8-19-17)
*ELLIOTT, C. H.; MAHLER (43-8-19-18)
*WATKINS, JAMES C.; WHITE, HARRY R.; JARES, B. V.; HALE, W. D.; BROWN, E. L.; CORRIGAN, C. H. (43-8-19- 19)
*GROSSMAN, JOHN F. (43-8-19-20)
*MILLER, JOHN R. JR; MCALMON, P. W. (CIVILIAN) (43- 8-19-21)
*VIVIER, NORMAN C. JR (43-8-19-22)
*CHAMPION, G. B.; HARRIS, R. A.; HORNE, J. E.; HEINRICH, L. A.; GORGY, J. F.; SMITH, P.C.; GIBSON, B. (43-8-19-23)
*CHECK, JOSEPH P. JR (43- 8-19-24)
*HAGAN, CLARENCE (43-8-19-25)
*BLAIS, JULIEN J. (43-8-19-26)
*WOOD, P. S. (43-8-19- 27)
*VIECELI, ANGELO (43-8-19-28)
*WILKINSON, W. (UNITED KINGDOM); BIBBY, E. (UNITED KINGDOM) (43-8-19-29)
*REISS, F. H.; DINSMORE, M. E. (43-8-19-30)
*O’CONNOR, FRANCIS; NORTON, JAMES (43-8-19-31)
*WHITEHEAD, R. S. (43-8-19-32)
*CAHALL, WILLIAM (43-8-19- 33)
*BAKER, HENRY M.; BARADIS, VINCENT A.; CAMPBELL, KELLY; SKAGGS, JESSE S. JR (43- 8-19-34)*METZGER, WARREN C. (43-8-19-35)
*MCCARTHY, E. R. (43-8-19-36)
*DISARRO, RALPH A.; MILLER, WILLIAM L.; MORGAN, J.J. (43-8-19-37)
*CHITTY, CHARLES D. JR; LAFRAMBOISE, LEO F. (43-8-19-38)
*RAPIN, LOUIS E. (43-8-19-39)
*PETERS, VINCENT L.; PERRIER, PETER W. (43-8-19-40)
*TYSON, JOHN . (43-8-19-41)
*43-8-19-42 THROUGH 43-8-19-499 MISSING
*LEWIS, JACKSON B. (43-8-19-500)
*NO NAMES ON 43-8-19-501
*OAKLEY, CHARLES W. (43-8-19- 502)
*NO NAMES ON 43-8-19-503
*GIBBON, ELWIN HERBERT (43-8-19-504)
*JENKINS, ELBERT C.; MCCUNE, MILO, STRAUSS, H. A.; UNDERWOOD, L. R.; GRIFFIN, M. T.; KLUIBER, R. C.; BIGELOW, A. A. (NAVY); PECK, L.; SOWASH, C. R.; BROWN, J. H.; HOLDEN, H. T.; KOCK, N. E.; THORTON, C. R. (NURSE CORPS); MILLER, M. M. (NURSE CORPS); LATHON, P. B. (43-8-19- 505)*MCCORD, ROBERT R. (43-8-19- 506.

All the very best
Alex

[Leendert]

Alex,

A lot of these names can be found back on website aviationarchaeology.com, but then of course under 19 August 1942.

As you may have read, the history index gives 43, indicating the fiscal year.

Regards,

Leendert

[Henk Welting]

Dear friends,
Whatever I did, no luck finding any link to an a/c accident 19-8-1942 at Wadi Seidna, Sudan. Thanks for your support.
Best regards,
Henk.