Ralph T Schweyer
MilitaryOn January 3, 1943 in B-24D 41-23371 while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner the aircraft made a crash-landing near the crossroads south of Puncheston returning from target U/B yards (submarine) at St. Nazaire, France. Fuel shortage caused the crash. Pilot Hilliard was injured and hospitalized until January 7. Copilot Canfield was killed and the only fatality.
On 17-May-43 in B-24D 42-40130 'Avenger II' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner the aircraft developed engine trouble while on a mission to Bordeaux, France. the pilot made the decision to land the aircraft at Lugo-de-Llanera airfield at Asturias, Spain. The entire crew was interned but they were taken to Gibraltar and returned to England on 8-Aug-43.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 17 May 1943
- Date: 3 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
3 January 1943 | On 3-Jan-43 in B-24D 41-23771 the aircraft made a crash-landing at Puncheston, Pembrokeshire when it ran out of fuel upon return from a mission to St. Nazaire, France. He was uninjured and Returned to Duty (RTD). | |
Other Interned |
17 May 1943 - 8 August 1943 | On 17-May-43 in B-24D 42-40130 "Avenger II" developed engine trouble on a mission to Bordeaux, France. The pilot made the decision to land the aircraft at Lugo-de-Llanera airfield at Asturias, Spain. The entire crew was interned but they were taken to Gibraltar and returned to England on 8-Aug-43. | |
Born |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 1-Feb-2015. All information correlated from data contained in "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made connections to Place, 2 Aircraft and 2 Missions within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61, MACR 3301, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy p. 38, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams p.27