Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Aug 17, 1943 (10 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on August 17, 1943 near Daxweiler Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with 10 fatalities. Cause: The bomber was attacked...
- Date: August 17, 1943
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Daxweiler Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The bomber was attacked head on by a German fighter, and the hit on the number three engine led to its loss.
The B 17F Peter Wabbit of the 379th Bomb Group was lost on the Schweinfurt mission of 17 August 1943 and came down at Daxweiler. All ten crew were killed.