B 17 F 42-5260 - Off Frisian Islands                                                               Updated: 08 AUG 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
u014280.htm Gibney Jr. H F S/Sgt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 b031243 c014.htm Esbjerg
e777651.htm Greason W R S/Sgt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777c e777c.htm NO - CAM
e777917.htm Mims E E 2ndLt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777c e777c.htm NO - CAM
e777647.htm Nemitz L H 2ndLt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777653.htm Randall J H S/Sgt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777649.htm Rasch A J S/Sgt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777652.htm Rhodes C C Sgt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777648.htm Rice B 1stLt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777654.htm Richardson T L T/Sgt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777650.htm Smith O H T/Sgt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777646.htm Tippet P S 2ndLt USAAF 360 p227.htm B17 425260 Bomb G Off Frisian Islands d021043 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET


Den 2. oktober 1943 var B17 42-5260 på bombetogt mod Emden.

Da flyet kl. 16.10 passerede de østfrisiske øer, eksploderede det i luften (måske omkring her). Hele besætningen på 10 mand og en fotograf omkom.
Et af de omkomne besætningsmedlemmer, S/Sgt H. F. Gibney Jr. blev begravet i Esbjerg den 3. december 1943.
10 flyvere fra B17 42-5260 har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde FAF) Mere i p227MACR.

Se Tegning af besætningen på en B-17*Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk*B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner*B-17 Flyvende Fæstning. 11 flyvere.

On 2 October 1943 B17 42-5260 was on a bombing raid on Emden.

At 16.10 hours, when the plane passed the Ostfrisian Islands, it exploded in the air (maybe about here). The crew of 10 airmen and a photographer perished.
One of the perished crew members, S/Sgt H. F. Gibney Jr. was buried in Esbjerg on 3 December 1943.
10 airmen from B17 42-5260 have no known grave. (Source: FAF)

See 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.
This B-17 belonged to 360 BS, 303 BG, 41 CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of USAAF. It took off from RAF Molesworth - USAAF Station 107. More in  p227MACR.
See 303rd Bomb Group Heavy with a Mission Report No. 073 of Oct 2, 1943 about this crew. See Crew Photo. 11 airmen.