B 17 42-31156 - Near Neksø See also p325 B17 42-31619 Updated: 10 SEP 2021
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
v999043.htm | Albaum | E | S/Sgt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | v999 | v999.htm | EVD to S |
v999040.htm | Davis | L M | 2ndLt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | v999 | v999.htm | EVD to S |
v999044.htm | Kingston | L V | S/Sgt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | v999 | v999.htm | EVD to S |
o888172.htm | Knight | P | T/Sgt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
o888170.htm | McCowan | H | S/Sgt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
o888171.htm | Norman | E | 2ndLt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
v999041.htm | Pauling | H S | 1stLt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | v999 | v999.htm | EVD to S |
o888169.htm | Prusa | J L | S/Sgt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
v999042.htm | Scherer | P N | 2ndLt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | v999 | v999.htm | EVD to S |
v999039.htm | Standish | G D | T/Sgt | USAAF | 708 | p296.htm | B17 42-31156 | Bomb G | Near Neksø | d110444 | v999 | v999.htm | EVD to S |
Left Waist Gunner, S/Sgt Henry McCowan og Ball Turret Gunner, S/Sgt James Prusa nåede frem til Ibsker Præstegård (her), hvor de af ukendte årsager indtrængende anmodede pastor Ejner Olsen om at tilkalde den tyske værnemagt. Pastoren forsøgte i stedet at overtale de to flyvere til at flygte, men forgæves, og kort efter blev de afhentet af tyskerne. Navigator, 2nd Lt Ernest Norman og Radio Operator, T/Sgt Paul Knight søgte tilflugt hos gårdejer Hugo Carlsen, Granly, Olsker (omkring her). De var dog blevet observeret af en tyskvenlig nabo, og næste formiddag ankom en tysk patrulje og foretog en grundig husundersøgelse. De to flyvere blev fundet, og Hugo Carlsen blev taget med til afhøring. Efter 28 dages ophold på Galløkken Kaserne (ved Rønne her, nu Danhostel Rønne Vandrerhjem) fik Carlsen overbevist tyskerne om sin uskyld, og han blev løsladt. Paul Knight besøgte Bornholm i juni 1985. Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt Lauren Davis og Top Turret Gunner, Sgt Glenn Standish dukkede tre dage efter nedstyrtningen op ved Teglkås (her). Hotelejer Bidstrup fra Hasle fik nys om deres tilstedeværelse, og han fik hurtigt arrangeret en transport til Sverige med fiskekutteren "Svanen". (Se detaljer. Mere i Flugtruter og Bornholm 1998.) Mandag den 17. april sejlede kutteren ud fra Hasle Havn (her), og efter et dramatisk møde med en tysk u-båd blev flyverne den efterfølgende nat sat i en bundgarnsbåd ud for den svenske kyst. De nåede hurtigt ind til kysten, hvor de blev modtaget af den svenske kystvagt, og efter få dages ophold i Stockholm gik turen i et kurerfly tilbage til England, hvor de ankom den 27. april. De sidste 4 flyvere (Pilot 1st Lt Howard S. Pauling, Bombardier 2nd Lt Paul N. Scherer, Tail Gunner S/Sgt Elvin Albaum og Right Waist Gunner Leo V. Kingston) dukkede op i hold på to og to ved Svend Aage Munck´s sommerhus i Bølshavn (her), og herfra blev deres videre transport arrangeret. (Se mere om Svend Aage Munck.) Efter nogle dages ophold bragte Clarence Jensen og Knud Andersen flyverne til Sverige i en til lejligheden "konfiskeret" sejlbåd." (FT 87-93-5) "De der var blevet krigsfanger blev bragt til Dulag Luft ved Oberursel til afhøring. Efter afhøring blev Ernst M. Norman sendt til Stalag Luft III Sagan og senere flyttet til Stalag XIIID Nuremberg-Langwasser. Paul D. Knight og James L. Prusa blev sendt til Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf nær Krems i Østrig, mens Henry R. McCowan blev sendt til Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow." (AOD) Læs mere om Tyske krigsfangelejre. Se også En "Flyvende Fæstning" B-17 nødlander i Ibsker hos Svaneke Arkiv. Mere i
p296MACR. 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. Left Waist Gunner, S/Sgt Henry McCowan and Ball Turret Gunner, S/Sgt James Prusa reached Ibsker Vicarage (here), where for unknown reasons they urgently requested the Reverend Ejner Olsen to call the German Wehrmacht. The Vicar instead tried to persuade the two airmen to evade, but in vain, and shortly after they were fetched by the Germans. Navigator, 2nd Lt Ernest Norman and Radio Operator, T/Sgt Paul Knight took refuge with farm owner Hugo Carlsen, Granly, Olsker (about here). However, they had been seen by a pro-German neighbour and next day before noon a German patrol arrived and carried out a thorough search of the house. The two airmen were found, and Hugo Carlsen was taken along for interrogation. After a stay of 28 days in the Galløkken Barracks (at Rønne here, now Danhostel Rønne) Carlsen had convinced the Germans that he was innocent, and he was released. Paul Knight visited Bornholm in June 1985. Three days after the crash Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt Lauren Davis and Top Turret Gunner, Sgt Glenn Standish showed up at Teglkås (here). Hotel owner Bidstrup from Hasle got wind of their presence, and he quickly arranged a transport to Sweden with the cutter "Svanen". (The Swan - see details. More at Escape Routes and Bornholm 1998.) On Monday 17 April the cutter sailed out from Hasle Harbour (here), and after a dramatic encounter with a German submarine the airmen were placed in a pound net boat off the Swedish coast in the following night. They quickly reached the shore, where they were received by the Swedish coast guard, and after a few days in Stockholm they in a courier plane flew back to England, where they arrived on 27 April. The last 4 airmen (Pilot 1st Lt Howard S. Pauling, Bombardier 2nd Lt Paul N. Scherer, Tail Gunner S/Sgt Elvin Albaum and Right Waist Gunner Leo V. Kingston) showed up in teams of two at Svend Aage Munck´s holiday cottage in Bølshavn (here) and their further transport was arranged from here. After a stay of a few days Clarence Jensen and Knud Andersen took the airmen to Sweden in a sailing boat "confiscated" for the occasion." (FT 87-93-5) "Those who had been made POW`s were brought to
Dulag Luft at Oberursel for
interrogation. After interrogation Ernst M. Norman was sent to
Stalag Luft III Sagan and later moved to
Stalag XIIID Nuremberg-Langwasser. Paul D. Knight and James L. Prusa were
sent to Stalag 17B
Braunau Gneikendorf near Krems in Austria while Henry R. McCowan was sent to
Stalag Luft IV Gross
Tychow." (AOD) Read more about
German POW-Camps. |