Navigator aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #43-37595, nicknamed "Vergen's Virgins."
Perished when his bomber collided with B-17G #43-38080 over Lutton, on approach to Polebrook, England, while returning from a mission over continental Europe.
Nine airmen aboard were killed:
2LT Reinhold W Vergen, O-826035, IL, Pilot
FLT O Robert E Sollers, T-126662, MD, Co-Pilot
FLT O Stanley L Dietel, T-129652, NJ, Navigator
SGT Francis T Leonard, 11108099, MA, Bombardier
SGT Emerald G Cutting, 32733503, NY, Flight Engineer
SGT Albert B Cantrelle, 38484924, LA, Gunner
SGT Philip M Singleton, 17169038, MO, Gunner
SGT Joseph E Ventress, 36313629, IL, Gunner
SGT Robert L Wheatley, 32364536, NJ, Gunner
*Limited information about this incident.
For the names of the airmen aboard B-17 #43-38080 see the memorial for 2LT Donald A Cornell.
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Entered the service from New Jersey.
Navigator aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #43-37595, nicknamed "Vergen's Virgins."
Perished when his bomber collided with B-17G #43-38080 over Lutton, on approach to Polebrook, England, while returning from a mission over continental Europe.
Nine airmen aboard were killed:
2LT Reinhold W Vergen, O-826035, IL, Pilot
FLT O Robert E Sollers, T-126662, MD, Co-Pilot
FLT O Stanley L Dietel, T-129652, NJ, Navigator
SGT Francis T Leonard, 11108099, MA, Bombardier
SGT Emerald G Cutting, 32733503, NY, Flight Engineer
SGT Albert B Cantrelle, 38484924, LA, Gunner
SGT Philip M Singleton, 17169038, MO, Gunner
SGT Joseph E Ventress, 36313629, IL, Gunner
SGT Robert L Wheatley, 32364536, NJ, Gunner
*Limited information about this incident.
For the names of the airmen aboard B-17 #43-38080 see the memorial for 2LT Donald A Cornell.
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Entered the service from New Jersey.
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