Simon E. Alojade                                                                                 Updated:  02 JAN 2012

Airman: e777230.htm Surname: Alojade Init: S E Rank: T/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 335

P_link: p185.htm Plane: B17 42-29675 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Langelandsbælt

Crash_d: d130643 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 13. juni 1943 gik B17 42-29675 tabt (måske omkring her) i forbindelse med et bombeangreb på Kiel (her). Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"Den 13. juni 1943 angreb 60 B-17 fra USAAF ubådsanlæggene i Kiel. 16 B-17 fra 95. BG fløj forrest i formationen, der allerede blev angrebet under indflyvningen
til målet. Som sædvanlig angreb de tyske jagermaskiner især den forreste del af formationen, og inden denne havde passeret målet var 7-8 B-17 fra 95. BG gået tabt.
En B-17 ude af kontrol fløj ind i en anden, og kun 6 B-17 fra 95. BG nåede tilbage til basen, hvoraf en blev ødelagt under nødlanding.På grund af de voldsomme kamphandlinger observerede ingen i området tabet af dette fly. Få dage efter drev ligene af fire besætningsmedlemmer i land på sydkysten
af Lolland, og tabet var hermed en realitet." (FT 86-89-14)

Top Turret Gunner, T/Sgt Simon E. Alojade har ingen kendt grav. Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, England.

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 13 June 1943 B17 42-29675 was lost (maybe about here) in connection with a bombing raid on Kiel (here). (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"On 13 June 1943 60 B-17s from the USAAF attacked the U-boat installations in Kiel. 16 B-17s from 95th BG flew at the front in the formation which had already 
been attacked on their way to the target. As usual the German fighters particularly attacked the front of the formation. Before it had passed the target 7-8 B-17s from
95th BG were lost. One B-17 out of control crashed into another, and only 6 B-17s from 95th BG made it back to base - and one of them was destroyed in a
forced landing. Due to the violent battle nobody in the area observed this plane being lost. A few days later the bodies of 4 crew members were washed ashore on
the south coast of Lolland. Then the loss was a reality." (FT 86-89-14)

Top Turret Gunner, T/Sgt Simon E. Alojade has no known grave. His name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial,
England.

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 Flying Fortress was from 335 BS, 95 BG, 13 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. See 95th Bomb Group (H) Memorials Foundation.
It took off from RAF Framlingham (Parham) - USAAF Station 153. 10 airmen.