Date:	Sunday 23 January 1944
Time:	09:20
Type:	Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Registration:	42-31507
MSN:	6621
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Johnstown, Co Kilkenny (Crew landed Enniskillen, NI) -   Ireland
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Crashed; crew bailed out.
Crew landed Enniskellin but plane crashed Johnstown Co Kilkenny Rep. of Ireland.
Yes indeed the Crew bailed out,under the Captain 2nd Lt, C G Smith Jr. Flight path took it directly over Moloney's farm, Boher Hill, Moyne, Co.Tipperary. My father ( Tom Moloney) was returning from early mass in Templetouhy when the plane flew directly over his house, not far above the chimneys / roof.(Source:Eye witness, Tom Moloney, Boher Hill, Moyne, Co.Tipperary) ...near neighbours ( Davys ) also witnessed this plane:
I was standing in fathers yard (DAVY's ) near Templetuohy, with cousins, when we saw this HUGH plane pass just South of us, and I remarked thet it is bending ( going down ), as it dit less than 6 miles over near Johnstown..the only other planes that I saw in the War, were a group of 5 or 7, Small -looking planed going west, and they were very HIGH up, What were they,,British, US, or German, fighters..Memories..

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp.]I should add a little to this account..Fathers should read Paddy Davy ( Long Paddy )our Grandfather, Born Killanigan Bes 23 1880, Died January 6 th 1979 , lived at Cranagh, that was where My Two of my first Cousins Kathleen agus Paddy Davy, and I were standing by the Black Currant plot, when we saw the Plane. To us it was an Amazing sight to behold..Our Uncle Tim DAVY ( 1922-1979 ) Cranagh agus Bolton, was with the LSF , and rushed over to the Crash sight, , Bicycle speed. . .

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jan-2012 09:12	cucayh	Updated [Time, Location]
04-Jul-2012 12:06	killanigan	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative]
08-Oct-2012 04:55	Uli Elch	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative]
08-Oct-2012 04:55	Uli Elch	Updated [Phase]
13-Dec-2015 20:32	Molotom	Updated [Time, Narrative]
23-Jan-2016 18:46	Molotom	Updated [Narrative]
29-Jul-2016 19:37	seamus fogarty	Updated [Source]
29-Aug-2017 19:26	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
21-May-2018 14:23	Cucayh	Updated [Narrative]