Harry
B. Britter
Photo: AS
25 MAY 2015 Updated:
01 FEB 2019 1948 -
Ardennes, BELGIUM
Airman: u014286.htm Surname: Britter
Init: H B Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 360
P_link: p355.htm
Plane: B17 43-37629 Operation: Attack DK Crash_site: At Sædden,
Esbjerg
Crash_d: d270844 Buried_d: b310844
C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg
27 AUG 1944 styrtede
B17 43-37629 ned ved Sædden ved Esbjerg, omkring
her.
(Kilde: Kortet Flystyrt ved Esbjerg af Torben
Thorsen og Morten S. Jensen) Luftalarmer i Esbjerg.
Google Map Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944.
"Den
27. august 1944 udsendtes 1200 amerikanske bombefly mod Berlin, men på grund af
ugunstige vejrforhold over Nordtyskland angreb en del af de udsendte
fly andre
mål på Kontinentet.
Et af disse mål var Esbjerg flyveplads, hvor ca. 60 B-17 fly nedkastede mere end
200 bomber,
hvilket gjorde flyvepladsen ubrugelig i
resten af krigen." (FAF) Den gamle Esbjerg flyveplads lå i
området
omkring dette punkt. Nu er det en del af byen Esbjerg. (Kilde: Søren Diers)
Se også
Farlige jagere.
"Et af de angribende B-17 fly blev ramt af det tyske flak og nedstyrtede uden for
Esbjerg på tysk militært område kl. ca. 15.12.
Hele besætningen blev dræbt." (FAF)
Mission Report Nr. 233 siger
at flyet brækkede i to dele og faldt ned. Ingen faldskærme blev set! Ingen
danske rapporter taler om overlevende! FAF, registret fra
Fovrfeld Gravlund i
Esbjerg, AOD,
Mission Report Nr. 233 og
ABMC har modstridende
oplysninger om flyverne fra
B17 43-37629.
Nogle blev identificeret og begravet
i
Esbjerg, andre fra samme angreb og måske også fra dette fly blev begravet i
Esbjerg som uidentificerede og nogle flyvere blev aldrig fundet!
2nd Lt (Bombardier) Harry B. Britter blev
begravet i Esbjerg den 31. august 1944 ifølge optegnelser
i Fovrfeld Gravlund.
Den 30. april 1948 blev han og andre
Amerikanske flyvere fra Esbjerg flyttet til
Ardennes American
Cemetery i Belgien. (Kilde: FAF)
Han kom i tjeneste fra California. Begravet i
Ardennes American
Cemetery Plot B Row 39 Grave 2. Hæderstegn:
Air Medal, Purple Heart.
(Kilde: ABMC)
Mistet under denne mission: B17 43-37629 *
B17 42-37841 * P51 43-25049 * P51
44-13733 * P51 44-13951 * P51
44-13991 * P51 42-106480. (Kilde: AOD)
Se
B-17 Flyvende
Fæstning
* B17 i airmen.dk *
tegning af besætningen på
en B-17.
9 flyvere.
On 27 AUG 1944
B17 43-37629 crashed at Sædden near Esbjerg, about
here. (Source:
The map Air Crashes at Esbjerg by Torben Thorsen
and Morten S. Jensen) Air-raid warnings in
Esbjerg.
Google Map Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944.
"On 27 August 1944 1200 American bombers
were to target Berlin, but due to unfavourable weather conditions over North
Germany some of the dispatched planes attacked other targets on the Continent.
One of these targets was Esbjerg Airfield where about 60 B-17s dropped more than 200 bombs which made the airfield
useless
for the rest of the war." (FAF) The old Esbjerg Airfield was in
the area around
this point. Now it is a part of the town of Esbjerg. (Source: Søren Diers)
"One of the attacked B-17s was hit by German flak
and crashed into a German military area outside Esbjerg at about 15.12 hours.
All of the crew perished."
Mission Report No. 233 says
that the plane broke in half and fell away. No parachutes were seen! No Danish
reports mention survivors! FAF, the register from the cemetery Fovrfeld Gravlund
in Esbjerg, AOD,
Mission Report No. 233 and
ABMC have conflicting
information about the airmen from
B17 43-37629. Some of them
were identified and buried in
Esbjerg, others from the same attack and maybe also from this plane were buried
in Esbjerg as unidentified and some airmen were
never found!
2nd Lt (Bombardier) Harry B. Britter was
buried in Esbjerg on 31 August 1944 according to the records of the cemetery.
On 30 April 1948 he and other
American airmen from Esbjerg were taken to
Ardennes American
Cemetery in BELGIUM. (Source: FAF)
He entered the Service from California. Buried at
Ardennes American
Cemetery Plot B Row 39 Grave 2. Awards:
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.
(Source: ABMC)
Lost on this mission: B17 43-37629 *
B17 42-37841 * P51 43-25049 * P51
44-13733 * P51 44-13951 * P51
44-13991 * P51 42-106480. (Source: AOD)
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.
See 303rd Bomb Group Heavy with the
Mission Report No. 233 of Aug
27, 1944 about this crew. See also B17s in airmen.dk and a
drawing of the crew of a
B-17.
9 airmen.
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