B 17G 42-32070 - Ryde east of Græshave                                           Updated:  01 JAN 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888353.htm Dickmann A H S/Sgt USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 o888 o888.htm POW
o888355.htm Galloway D N 2ndLt USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 o888 o888.htm POW
v999079.htm Gill T P 2ndLt USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
o888351.htm Green E F Sgt USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 o888 o888.htm POW
v999078.htm Hooper M S/Sgt USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
o888354.htm LaRusso A Sgt USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 o888 o888.htm POW
v999080.htm Markowicz C F 2ndLt USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
o888352.htm Patterson J R 2ndLt USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 o888 o888.htm POW
o888356.htm Smith N J S/Sgt USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 o888 o888.htm POW
v999077.htm Valley J V Priv USAAF 729 p282.htm B17 42-32070 Bomb G Ryde at Græshave d090444 v999 v999.htm EVD to S


 Mere end 500 amerikanske bombefly var den 9. april 1944 på bombetogt til Polen og Tyskland. Se 8 af de tabte fly:  Google Map 9APR1944.

Den korte version: Den 9. april 1944 blev B17 42-32070 ramt af flak over målet, da det var på bombetogt til Poznan her.
På vejen tilbage blev flyet angrebet af tyske jagere og nødlandede omkring her ved Ryde på Lolland. Alle 10 flyvere overlevede. 4 af dem nåede Sverige med hjælp fra mange danskere. Se Google Map p282 B17-4232070.

Se den lange version med citat fra Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift og Halfdan Rasmussen og 2 flyvere.
Se også 2nd Lt Charles F. Markowicz med foto og et brev fra hans barnebarn.

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 9 April 1944 more than 500 American bombers were on a bombing raid on Poland and Germany. See 8 of the lost planes: Google Map 9APR1944.

The short version: On 9 April 1944 B17 42-32070 was hit by flak over the target, when it was on a bombing raid to Poznan here. On the return flight it was attacked by German fighters and made a forced landing about here at Ryde on Lolland. All 10 airmen survived.
4 of them reached Sweden with the help of many Danes. See Google Map p282 B17-4232070.


See the long version with a quotation from (Danish) Aviation Historical Review (Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift) and Halfdan Rasmussen and 2 airmen.
See also 2nd Lt Charles F. Markowicz with photo and a letter from his grandchild.

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 belonged to 729 BS, 452 BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. It took off from Deopham Green Airfield - RAF Deopham Green - USAAF Station 142.
10 airmen.