Henry R. DeKeyrel                                                                             Updated:  02 JUL 2012

Airman: e777391.htm Surname: DeKeyrel Init: H R Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 561

P_link: p228.htm Plane: B17 42-30421 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d021043 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 2. oktober 1943 styrtede B17 42-30421 i Nordsøen på tilbagevejen fra et bombetogt til Emden (her). Hele besætningen omkom.

1 flyver fra B17 42-30421 blev begravet i Lemvig. 4 blev begravet i Belgien og 3 i USA. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

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 2 October 1943 B17 42-30421 crashed into the North Sea on the return flight from a bombing raid on Emden (here). All of the crew perished.

1 airman from B17 42-30421 was buried in Lemvig, Denmark. 4 were buried in BELGIUM and 3 in the USA. 2 airmen have no known grave.

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.

B17 42-330421 was from 561 BS, 388 Bombardment Group, 45 CBW and 3 BD. This B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Knettishall - USAAF Station 136.

10 airmen.

Staff Sergeant Henry R. DeKeyrel var Ball Turret Gunner på B17 42-30421. Han har ingen kendt grav.
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, England. (Kilde: AOD)

Staff Sergeant Henry R. DeKeyrel was the Ball Turret Gunner of B17 42-30421. He has no known grave.
His name is recorded on Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, England. (Source: AOD)