Den 11. april 1944 styrtede B17 42-30433 ned på hjemvejen fra et bombetogt til Arnimswalde.

"Den 11. april 1944 passerede to afdelinger amerikanske bombefly Danmark, i alt 657 fly, foruden eskortejagere.
USAAF's tab denne dag blev på 52 bombere og 12 jagere." (FAF) 6 B-17 bombefly fra dette angreb er med i www.airmen.dk !

Besætningen sprang ud med faldskærm, inden B17 42-30433 styrtede ned ved Stoltebüll, der er her. 4 flyvere overlevede.

Staff Sergeant Raymond H. Johnston var Top Turret Gunner på B17 42-30433. Hans faldskærm åbnede sig ikke rigtigt, så han blev fundet død på jorden.
Han blev begravet på "Friedenshügel" Kirkegård i Flensborg. Senere blev hans lig ført til Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz
i Belgien. (Kilde: AOD)

1 flyver fra B17 42-30433 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 2 i Tyskland. 3 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 4 blev krigsfanger og de blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 10 flyvere.

On 11 April 1944 B17 42-30433 crashed on the return flight from a bombing raid on Arnimswalde.

"On 11 April 1944 two formations of American bombers flew over Denmark with a total of 657 bombers and a number of escorting fighters.
That day the USAAF lost 52 bombers and 12 fighters." (FAF) 6 B-17s from this attack are included in www.airmen.dk !

The crew bailed out before B17 42-30433 crashed near Stoltebüll, which is here. 4 airmen survived.

Staff Sergeant Raymond H. Johnston was the Top Turret Gunner of B17 42-30433. His parachute did not open up properly, so he was found dead on the ground.
He was buried in the "Friedenshügel" Cemetery in Flensburg, Germany. Later his body was taken to Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz
in Belgium. (Source: AOD)

1 airman from B17 42-30433 was buried in Esbjerg and 2 in Germany. 3 airmen have no known grave. 4 were captured and taken to German POW-Camps.
See a drawing of the crew of a B-17, Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
This B-17 was from 410 BS, 94 BG, 4 CBW, 4 BD, 8th Air Force. 94thbombgroup web. It took off from RAF Rougham-RAF Bury St Edmunds-USAAF Station 468.
10 airmen.