On 3rd October 1942, a United States Army Air Force B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra, Co. Antrim resulting in the deaths of eight of the ten-person crew.
3rd October 1942
On 3rd October 1942, Boeing B-17 #41-24451 en-route from Gander, Newfoundland crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew onboard.
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Second Lieutenant Robert Nye Allen died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members.
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Corporal John Newton Gibson died on 3rd October 1942 when B-17 bomber #41-24451 crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members.
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Private Justin Clark Hamblin died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.
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Second Lieutenant Leonard Lavern Koebel died on 3rd October 1942 when B-17 bomber #41-24451 crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew.
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Captain Dale Lasselle died on 3rd October 1942 when B-17 bomber #41-24451 crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.
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First Lieutenant John A. McLean died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.
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Sergeant Robert James Vaughn died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.
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Captain George Clayton Wassell died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.
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Flight Lieutenant William Thomas Irwin of Craigavad, Co. Down served in R.A.F. 51 Squadron at his time of death on 3rd October 1943. He was 22 years old.
