B-17 SUSFU crash

On January 23, 1943 at 2:17 pm, a B-17 bomber (serial 41-24584 SUSFU member of the 303rd Bombardment Group - 427th Bombardment Squadron) of the United States Army Air Force crashed at a place called Kerganaben on its return from a bombing mission from Lorient. It was shot down by the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 of German aviator Melchior Kestel of Staffel 9 Jagdgeschwader  based at Vannes Meucon.
On board, ten men including:Pilot Harry A. Robey who was shot down during his parachute landing. He fell on the commune of Le Cloître-Pleyben, near Craos Laneguer. He is buried in the Cloître church cemetery. After the war, his parents came to recover his body.
7 other crew members landed on this commune.co-pilot Mark L. McDermott and radio Sebastian L. Vogel. Both managed to hide with the support of the inhabitants of Le Cloître-Pleyben who hid them in a house in the village of Bannalec and then in the village of Gars ar Garo. They reached England aboard the French cutter, the Yvonne, on February 6, 1943.
Vogel gave a detailed description (in English) of this escape via Carantec thanks to the network of Ernest Sibiril.
The bombardier Roy R. Moser was also killed in this accident while trapped in the plane's carcass. The death was pronounced by the mayor of the time. The funeral took place in Edern church, and his body was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery. He is buried in the Saint-James cemetery at Plot N Rang 5 Tombe 1. The six others, after having been hidden in the villages of Cloître-Pleyben mentioned above, were made prisoners of war. Five of them were arrested in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, which they managed to reach thanks to the Pat Line escape network, of which Geneviève and Césaire de Poulpiquet from Quéménéven were members. All five were interned at stalag 17B and released in May 1945.
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★ 1Lt Harry Albert Jr Robey, pilot, deceased. Rests in USA.
★ 2Lt Mark L Mc Dermott, co-pilot, escaped.
★ T/Sgt Francis Sulkofski, mechanic, prisoner.
★ S/Sgt Sebastian L. Vogel, radio, escaped.
★ 2Lt Charles Richmond Grice, Navigator, Prisoner.
★ 2Lt Roy R. Moser, Bomber, deceased, lies in St James American Cemetery, Plot N, Row 5, Grave 1.
★ Sgt Wilburg F. Hummel, Machine Gunner, Prisoner.
★ Sgt Val B. Hannon, machine gunner, prisoner.
★ Sgt Thomas Haynes Morrison, machine gunner, prisoner.
★ Sgt Edward T Levering, machine gunner, prisoner.

Philippe Boudot photo credit

On January 23, 1943 at 2:17 pm, a B-17 bomber (serial 41-24584 SUSFU member of the 303rd Bombardment Group - 427th Bombardment Squadron) of the United States Army Air Force crashed at a place called Kerganaben on its return from a bombing mission from Lorient. It was shot down by the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 of German aviator Melchior Kestel of Staffel 9 Jagdgeschwader based at Vannes Meucon.On board, ten men including:Pilot Harry A. Robey who was shot down during his parachute landing. He fell on the commune of Le Cloître-Pleyben, near Craos Laneguer. He is buried in the Cloître church cemetery. After the war, his parents came to recover his body. 7 other crew members landed on this commune.co-pilot Mark L. McDermott and radio Sebastian L. Vogel. Both managed to hide with the support of the inhabitants of Le Cloître-Pleyben who hid them in a house in the village of Bannalec and then in the village of Gars ar Garo. They reached England aboard the French cutter, the Yvonne, on February 6, 1943. Vogel gave a detailed description (in English) of this escape via Carantec thanks to the network of Ernest Sibiril.The bombardier Roy R. Moser was also killed in this accident while trapped in the plane's carcass. The death was pronounced by the mayor of the time. The funeral took place in Edern church, and his body was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery. He is buried in the Saint-James cemetery at Plot N Rang 5 Tombe 1. The six others, after having been hidden in the villages of Cloître-Pleyben mentioned above, were made prisoners of war. Five of them were arrested in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, which they managed to reach thanks to the Pat Line escape network, of which Geneviève and Césaire de Poulpiquet from Quéménéven were members. All five were interned at stalag 17B and released in May 1945.Source Wikipedia★ 1Lt Harry Albert Jr Robey, pilot, deceased. Rests in USA.★ 2Lt Mark L Mc Dermott, co-pilot, escaped.★ T Sgt Francis Sulkofski, mechanic, prisoner.★ S Sgt Sebastian L. Vogel, radio, escaped.★ 2Lt Charles Richmond Grice, Navigator, Prisoner.★ 2Lt Roy R. Moser, Bomber, deceased, lies in St James American Cemetery, Plot N, Row 5, Grave 1.★ Sgt Wilburg F. Hummel, Machine Gunner, Prisoner.★ Sgt Val B. Hannon, machine gunner, prisoner.★ Sgt Thomas Haynes Morrison, machine gunner, prisoner.★ Sgt Edward T Levering, machine gunner, prisoner.Philippe Boudot photo credit