| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-125-BO: 42-30832 to 42-30931 |
| Operational History | |
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| Bomb Group: | - |
| Bomb Squadron: | - |
| Fate: | |
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History of
B-17 42-30891
Delivered Cheyenne 14/8/43; 225 BU Rapid City 13/6/44, went missing with Drury Holt 13/6/44, crashed NE slopes of Crown Point, Co.; W/O.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-30891 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Drury Holt | KIS | - |
| CP | 2LT | Harold Eisele | RTD | - |
| NAV | F/O | Doyle Hall | KIS | - |
| BOMB | F/O | Timothy Hurst | KIS | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Donald Jacobs | RTD | - |
| RO | SGT | David Philips | RTD | - |
| BT | CPL | Daniel Conway | KIS | - |
| WG | CPL | Lester Place | RTD | - |
| WG | CPL | Max Weiner | RTD | - |
| TG | CPL | Leroy Faigin | RTD | - |
This page was last updated on 22 February 2020
12. January 2022 access_time 17:39
The Co Pilot Harold Eisele was my Uncle he was from Rochester New York, He was one of the survivors of the crash not sure what his injuries’ were but I do know he walked with a slight limp. He didn’t really talk to much about the crash to me . He passed a few years back at his funeral his son put together a scrap book of the news clips about the crash . A year after his passing I was in Colorado for work and I attempted to find the site to take pictures and give them to my cusin but I was not prepared for hiking and made it about 1 hour and bad weather was coming so I returned , I would like to try it again the next time I am in Fort Collins , Thanks for putting this together people need to know our history .
02. November 2023 access_time 21:14
David, I have a lot of information on this crash. I am planning to hike up there next summer. I have been there several times. Let me know if you are interested.
Thanks,
Bill
03. December 2023 access_time 17:57
Bill, I live in Florence, and would love to join you on your hike to the plane. I assume spring/summer ’24?
10. August 2025 access_time 4:26
We virtual-interviewed TG Leroy Faigan in 2013 where he gave us his account of going for help. He was also interviewed by the Colorado Springs Gazette newspaper dated 19 Oct 2019. Here is an excerpt describing the crash: After a crewman spotted something nearby in the darkness, the pilot switched on the landing lights only to see “the forest-covered mountainside just ahead,” according to Carpenter’s website.
The pilot immediately pulled up, applying full power, but as the plane’s nose edged upward, its belly slammed into the mountain. The crash happened about midnight. Both pilots and the navigator were killed instantly, but the emergency maneuver spared the lives of six of the remaining seven crewmen.
At daybreak, two of the least-injured survivors set off for help, hiking for 14 hours through snow and dense forest before reaching fishermen who drove them an hour to the nearest phone, at a Fort Collins bar called Ted’s Place.
One of them, Cpl. LeRoy Faigin, later told the Helena Independent-Record that he phoned the air station in Rapid City for help and also called his wife, who had been told that her husband was presumed dead in the crash.
“When Bernice Faigin heard her husband’s voice, she nearly dropped the phone,” the newspaper reported. https://gazette.com/life/b-17-wreckage-in-colorado-makes-for-a-haunting-hike/article_4bbfdbc3-aa52-5f3d-bdd3-2b17d79b5a2c.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
10. August 2025 access_time 4:31
Ich habe auch Fotos, die ich persönlich geknipst habe. Wir haben unsere Skype-video mit Hrn. Faigan aufgenommen. Ich stehe bereit, Fotos mitzuteilen. – MfG, Michael Foster