Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 43-37776 of the 849th Bombardment Squadron, 490th Bombardment Group, crashed near the village of Nailstone in Leicestershire on the 27th September 1944 while flying from Eye in Suffolk

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

 

Micheal H. Primus 1st Lieutenant Pilot Killed
Louis G. Deputy 1st Lieutenant Co-pilot Killed
Richard J. Hermann 2nd Lieutenant Navigator Killed
Robert C. Simmons 2nd Lieutenant Bomb Aimer Killed
Roy E. Griswold Technical Sergeant Flight Engineer Killed
Claude Keele Technical Sergeant Radio operator Killed
Harry Stoever Staff Sergeant Air Gunner Killed
Lawrence I. Richter Staff Sergeant Air Gunner Killed
Americo Vergili Staff Sergeant Air Gunner Killed
Ralph W. Franke Staff Sergeant Passenger* Killed
John C. Barry Staff Sergeant Passenger Killed
Edward Shively Staff Sergeant Passenger# Killed

* 83rd Station Complement Squadron
# Army Air Corps

Memorial near the crash site of Boeing B-17G 43-37776 at Nailstone, Leicestershire
Close to the crash site is this memorial to the crew and passengers.
Memorial near the crash site of Boeing B-17G 43-37776 at Nailstone, Leicestershire
A close up of the plaque listing the crew and passengers.

 

Of the crew and passengers 5 were subsequently buried at Cambridge American Cemetery.

Grave of 2nd Lieutenant Richard J. Hermann at Cambridge American Cemetery
2nd Lieutenant Richard J. Hermann, Navigator.
Grave of 2nd Lieutenant Robert C. Simmons at Cambridge American Cemetery
2nd Lieutenant Robert C. Simmons, Bomb Aimer.
Grave of Staff Sergeant Lawrence I. Richter at Cambridge American Cemetery
Staff Sergeant Lawrence I. Richter, Gunner.
Grave of Staff Sergeant Ralph W. Franke at Cambridge American Cemetery
Staff Sergeant Ralph W. Franke, Passenger.
Grave of Staff Sergeant Edward Shively at Cambridge American Cemetery
Staff Sergeant Edward Shively, Passenger.