The remains of this aircraft are designated as a Controlled Site under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. For further information on this Act and its administration with regard to aircraft, please contact the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre, RAF Innsworth, Gloucester, GL3 1RZ.

Numerous small pieces of wreckage remain.

Event and Historical Information:
This Flying Fortress (named ASCEND CHARLIE) was assigned 390 Bomber Group of the 8th Army Air Force based at Framlingham. On 16 September 1943, the Fortress has taken part in a bombing mission in northwest France and sustained damage in number 1 engine. Bad weather separated it from its formation and it struck the ridge below the Hermitage at around 500m. The crew comprised pilot 1st Lt Herbert I Turner; co-pilot 2nd Lt Frederick M Broers; Navigator 2nd Lt Robert L Schanen; bombardier 2nd Lt Orval Tofte; radio operator S Sgt Phillip Catania; left waist gunner S Sgt Stanley E Mason; tail gunner S Sgt Alfred C Monson; right waist gunner S Sgt John J Peterson; top turret gunner S Sgt Sherman E Rambo; and ball turret gunner Swen A Zetterberg. All were killed. A memorial service was held at Llanbedr church on 50th anniversary and a plaque with the names of the crew has been placed to the left of the entrance door.

Sources include:
Brecon Beacons National Park, 1995, Identification Guide Aircraft Crashes in the National Park, ID 20
Doylerush, E, 2008, Rocks in the Cloud: High Ground Aircraft Crash of South Wales, pg31, 111
US Air Accident Record 03720, RCAHMW Digital Collections

WWW resources:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/Personnel/SPVA/AviationArchaeology.htm

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, November 2007.