Paul M Capaccio

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

B-17F 42-5105 of 461st BS, 331st BG, 2nd AF USAAF, flying in poor weather on a ferry/training mission, crashed nine miles north of Bogue, Graham County, Kansas, (also reported as seven miles north and one mile east of Bogue) killing six crewmembers (the Graham County site says eleven were killed in error). The B-17F had taken off at 1358 MWT from the Army Air Base at Casper, Wyoming, on a ferry flight to Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5105

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

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Killed in service

2 February 1943

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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/97410;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224756619/paul-capaccio;
https://www.travelks.com/listing/boeing-b-17f-crash-memorial/38888/;
https://100thbg.com/images/accident_reports/1943-02-02_capaccio.pdf

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp