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There are different statements [1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>] about the crash site of #41-24547 \/ Vertigo. Many sources name the crash site in the English Channel\/Atlantic between 3 km and 7 km west of Porspoder, France. Waters called ‘Banc du Four’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another source (link<\/a>), after its own research, has suggested that #41-24547 \/ Vertigo is about 20 km east of Br\u00e9hat Island and 25 km north of Saint Brieuc, France. The coordinates are: 48\u00b047’30 “N 2\u00b045’0 “W. The surviving crew members were then taken by fishing boat to Saint Malo, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew on the picture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Back row (left to right): <\/strong>T\/Sgt. Clarence V. King (KIA); 1Lt. Robert Shaw; 1Lt. Robert D. Rand (MIA\/KIA); 2Lt. Donald M. Sternglanz (KIA); T\/Sgt. David B. Hatch (POW)
Front row (left to right):<\/strong> S\/Sgt. Thaddeus F. Kusowski (KIA); S\/Sgt. Richard E. Shumard (KIA); S\/Sgt. James B. Farrar (POW); S\/Sgt. Walter C. Wawrzynek (POW); S\/Sgt. Alvar B. Platt (POW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Assigned 323BS\/91BG [OR-P] Bangor 10\/9\/42; Bassingbourn 11\/10\/42; Missing in Action 9+m St Nazaire 1\/5\/43 with Bob Rand, Navigator: Don Sternglanz, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Clarry King, Waist gunner: Thad Kusowski,Tail gunner: Dick Shurnard (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Major Mo Rosener (94BG CO-wia), Bombardier: Walt Wawrzynek, Radio Operator: Dave Hatch, Ball turret gunner: Jim Farrar, Waist gunner: Alvar Platt (5 Prisoner of War); several enemy aircraft attacked, KO\u2019d #2 and set cockpit ablaze, ditched Channel about four miles of Brest and quickly sank. Missing Air Crew Report 3573. VERTIGO.","protected":false},"featured_media":7705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"airplane-status":[136],"status-date":[177],"status-day":[1881],"status-month":[1871],"status-year":[1894],"production-block":[13],"manufacturer":[130],"delivered":[],"project-number":[],"bomb-group":[270],"bomb-squadron":[306],"raf-service":[],"b17tags":[695],"class_list":["post-7704","b17database","type-b17database","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","airplane-status-lost-by-enemy-aircraft","status-date-01-05-1943","status-day-1881","status-month-may","status-year-1894","production-block-b-17f-25-bo-41-24540-41-24584","manufacturer-boeing","bomb-group-91st-bomb-group","bomb-squadron-323rd-bomb-squadron","b17tags-slide"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17database\/7704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17database"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/b17database"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"airplane-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/airplane-status?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"status-date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-date?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"status-day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-day?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"status-month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-month?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"status-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-year?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"production-block","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/production-block?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manufacturer?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"delivered","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/delivered?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"project-number","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-number?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"bomb-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bomb-group?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"bomb-squadron","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bomb-squadron?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"raf-service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/raf-service?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"b17tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17tags?post=7704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}