B-17E 41-9051

B-17E 41-9051 of the 813th Bombardment Squadron of the 482nd Bombardment Group USAAF, crashed on Skiddaw near Keswick, on the 14th September 1943 whilst on a flight from Alconbury in Huntingdonshire to Turnhouse, Edinburgh.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - If Applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
William C. Anderson	Captain	Pilot	Killed
Robert J. Sudbury	1st Lieutenant	Co-pilot	Killed
Raymond R. Oeftiger	Captain	Navigator	Killed
Raymond F. Diltz	2nd Lieutenant	Bomb Aimer	Killed
Bryson R. Hills	Staff Sergeant	Flight Engineer	Killed
Robert L. Jacobsen	Staff Sergeant	Radio Operator	Killed
Tom C. Henderson	Major	Passenger	Killed
Henry B. Williams	Major	Passenger	Killed
Clarence H. Ballagh	1st Lieutenant	Passenger	Killed
Theodore R. Doe	1st Lieutenant	Passenger	Killed

The crew were on a cross country navigation flight from Alconbury, near Huntingdon, to RAF Turnhouse on the edge of Edinburgh (currently the city's airport). The accident investigators suggested that having been airborne for the lentgh of time it would have normally taken to fly from Alconbury to Edinburgh the pilot began a descent though the low cloud. While still in cloud at approximately 11:30am the aircraft flew into the south western side of Skiddaw and was destroyed by the crash and subsequent fire.

The aircraft crashed on the steep scree slope on the south western side of Skiddaw a couple of hundred feet below the summit. This photo shows the area in which the crash occurred.

Above is one of the few collections of wreckage on the scree, most of the remains are spread about over a fairly wide area.

Above is view from the site towards Derwent Water, this also shows how steep the slope on which the aircraft crashed is.

Five of the crew and one passenger are buried at Cambridge American Cemetery at Madingley near Cambridge, below are photographs of most of their graves.