B 17F 42-30394 - North Sea off the German coast                          Updated: 17 AUG 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888583.htm Colvin D E T/Sgt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 o888 o888.htm POW
o888587.htm Covert Jr. C 1stLt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 o888 o888.htm POW
u045029.htm Deffendoll C E Sgt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 b040943 c045.htm Kirkeby
e556016.htm Ellis J C T/Sgt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 e556a e556a.htm Ardennes, B
o888586.htm Galle W R 2ndLt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 o888 o888.htm POW
o888585.htm Goodson J O S/Sgt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 o888 o888.htm POW
e667027.htm Jarvis H E S/Sgt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 e667 e667.htm USA
o888584.htm Johnson D D 2ndLt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 o888 o888.htm POW
u014277.htm Korff R W S/Sgt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 b040943 c014.htm Esbjerg
o888582.htm Wyse J M 1stLt USAAF 339 p199.htm B17 4230394 Bomb G North Sea off G d280743 o888 o888.htm POW


Den 28. juli 1943 nødlandede B17 42-30394 på Nordsøen ud for Tyskland. Tyske jagere havde beskadiget flyet, der var på bombetogt til Oschersleben Airfield.
1 flyver fra B17 42-30394 blev begravet i Kirkeby på Rømø og 1 i Esbjerg, 1 i Belgien og 1 i USA. 6 flyvere overlevede. De blev alle krigsfanger.

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 amerikanske bombefly styrtede i Nordsøen mellem den tyske kyst og Helgoland den morgen."
De 3 af dem må være B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

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 28 July 1943 B17 42-30394 ditched into the North Sea off Germany. German fighters had damaged the plane on its raid on Oschersleben Airfield.
1 airman from B17 42-30394 was buried in Kirkeby on Rømø and 1 in Esbjerg, 1 in BELGIUM and 1 in the USA. 6 airmen survived. All of them became POWs.

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 USAAF bombers crashed in the North Sea between German Coast and Heligoland that morning." (Maybe about here).
3 of them must be B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

See a drawing of the crew of a B-17 * Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk * B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner
339 BS, 96 BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD * 96th Bomb Group(H) Association. This B-17 took off from RAF Snetterton Heath - USAAF Station 138. 10 airmen.