Monuments
B-17 (42-31179) 'Stinky Weather' Crash Marker
B-17 'Yardbird' (41-24602) & 'Stinky Weather' (42-31179) Memorial
Name:
Thomas A. Irvine
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
T-001616
Unit:
511th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-12-31
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Belle Vernon Cemetery, Belle Vernon, Westmore
Plot:
5
Row:
144
Grave:
8
Decoration:
Comments:
Flight Officer Thomas A. Irvine, co-pilot of the B-17 42-31179 "Stinky Weather (Pooper Dooper)", took off from station 110 in Polebrook, Northamptonshire, UK, at 0830 on December 31st, 1943, on a bombing mission to Bordeaux and Cognac. They were intercepted at 1315 between Pleubian and Kerbors by German fighters. Hit, the plane was partially evacuated before crashing by the bay. Of the six that survived, only 2nd Lt Schwayder made it back to England. Irivine was initially buried in Lannion.