B17 42-37951
styrtede ned
ved Haldagerlille
her den 20. februar 1944 (nærbillede
her
- Kilde: Henning Madsen).
Se også
Venslev.dk med en
personlig
beretning af Ejvind Friis.
"296 B-17 angreb flyfabrikker i området nær Tutow (her)
og enkelte enheder bombede Rostock (her).
6 fly gik tabt pga. Ju88 angreb over Fyn (her)
på udturen.
42-37951 blev ramt i venstre vinge, der brød i brand. Pilot, 2nd. Lt.
Billy L. Huffman gav ordre til at forlade flyet, der på det tidspunkt befandt
sig over Storebælt (her).
Ni faldskærme blev observeret - " (FT 88-35-20)
Sgt (Tail
Gunner) Martin L. Berry, S/Sgt (Radio Operator) Samuel M. Fanburg, 2nd Lt
(Bombardier) Lloyd R. Frazier og 2nd Lt (Navigator) Morton B. Lehman
blev aldrig fundet.
(Kilde: MACR)
2nd Lt
(Bombardier) Lloyd R. Frazier har sit navn på Tablets of the Missing,
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra Ohio. Hæderstegn:
Air Medal, Purple Heart.
(Kilde: ABMC)
Anders Bjørnvad nævner at 316
B-17 Flyvende
Fæstninger passerede hen over Danmark ved middagstid den dag. Se
Google Map p266-270 20FEB44
Se
B-17 Flyvende
Fæstning
* B17 i airmen.dk *
tegning af besætningen på
en B-17.
Skudt ned over DK: B17 4239894 Brahesholm,
B17 4231126 Bellinge, B17 4237951
Haldagerlille og B17 42-37790 Haarslev. Nødlandet:
B17 4230246 Tirstrup.
10 flyvere.
B17 42-37951 crashed at
Haldagerlille
here on 20 February 1944 (at close range
here
- Source: Henning Madsen).
"296 B-17s attacked aircraft factories in the
area near Tutow (here)
and a few units bombed Rostock (here).
6 planes were lost due to
Ju88 attacks over Fyn (here)
on the outward flight. The left wing of 42-37951 was hit and caught fire. Pilot,
2nd. Lt. Billy L. Huffman gave the order to abandon the plane, which at that
time was
over the Storebælt (here).
9 parachutes were observed - "
(FT 88-35-20)
Sgt (Tail Gunner) Martin L. Berry, S/Sgt (Radio Operator)
Samuel M. Fanburg, 2nd Lt (Bombardier) Lloyd R. Frazier and 2nd Lt
(Navigator) Morton B. Lehman
were never found.
(Source:
MACR)
2nd Lt
(Bombardier) Lloyd R. Frazier has his name inscribed on Tablets of the Missing at
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from Ohio.
Awards:
Air Medal, Purple Heart.
(ABMC)
316
B-17 Flying Fortresses passed Denmark at noon on
20 February 1944. (Source: Anders Bjørnvad) See
Google Map p266-270 20FEB44.
Shot down over DK: B17 4239894 Brahesholm,
B17 4231126 Bellinge, B17 4237951
Haldagerlille og B17 42-37790 Haarslev. Crash landed:
B17 4230246 Tirstrup.
This B-17 was
from 728 BS,
452 Bomb
Group (Heavy), 45 CBW, 3 BD. See
452nd Bombardment Group.
It took off from RAF
Deopham Green - USAAF Station 142. See also B17s in
airmen.dk and a
drawing of the crew of a
B-17. 10 airmen.
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