Den 9. april 1944 styrtede
B17 42-39936 ned ved Meltofte på Lolland.
Se
Google Map p280.
Det var på hjemturen fra et bombetogt til Poznan (her).
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver (navne fra MACR - Missing Air Crew Report):
"Under angreb fra flere FW 190 blev
flyets to inderste motorer skudt i brand, og den
midterste del af kroppen blev også ramt kraftigt, hvorved både navigator 2ndLt
William D. Abernathy og left waist gunner Raymond E. Raley omkom. Intercom i flyet var ødelagt, og efter at piloten
1st Lt Carroll G. Boyd havde fået delvis
kontrol over flyet, forlod pilot,
copilot 2nd Lt Elmer P. Julius og bombardier 2nd Lt William H.
Craighead flyet fra forreste nødluge. Alle tre landede i farvandet
syd
for Kramnitse og druknede. - " (FT 86-91-25)
1st Lt (Pilot) Carroll G. Boyd druknede
syd for Kramnitse. Hans lig blev fundet ved Urne Havn den 21. maj 1944.
(Kilde: AOD)
Han blev begravet på Svinø Kirkegård den 22. maj. Han og andre
Amerikanske flyvere fra Svinø blev i 1948 flyttet til
Ardennes American
Cemetery i Belgien. (Kilde: FAF)
Hans navn er ikke i registret hos ABMC,
så mest sandsynligt blev han begravet på en privat kirkegård i USA.
Se Monument for 46 amerikanske flyvere.
3 flyvere fra
B17 42-39936 blev begravet på Svinø, 1 på Agersø og 1
i Dannemare. 1 har ingen kendt grav. 4 blev krigsfanger.
Se
B-17 Flyvende
Fæstning
* B17 i airmen.dk *
tegning af
besætningen på en B-17.
10 flyvere.
On 9 April 1944
B17 42-39936 crashed near Meltofte on Lolland.
See
Google Map p280.
It was on the
return flight from a bombing raid on Poznan (here).
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes (names from MACR - Missing Air Crew
Report):
"The two inner engines of the plane caught fire after hits from a number of
attacking FW 190s.
Also the middle section of the fuselage was heavily hit and navigator
2ndLt William D. Abernathy and left waist gunner Raymond E. Raley perished.
The intercom in the plane was destroyed and after the pilot 1st Lt Carroll
G. Boyd
had regained some of the control over the plane, he, co-pilot
2nd Lt Elmer P. Julius and bombardier 2nd Lt William H. Craighead abandoned the plane from the
front emergency hatch. They landed in the waters south of Kramnitse and drowned.
" (FT 86-91-25)
1st Lt (Pilot) Carroll G. Boyd drowned
south of Kramnitse. His body was found at sea at Urne Harbour on 21 May 1944. (Source: AOD)
He was buried in Svinø Churchyard on 22 May 1944. Like all other
American airmen buried in Svinø Churchyard he was
taken to
Ardennes American
Cemetery
in BELGIUM in May 1948. (Source: FAF) His name
is not in the
ABMC
records,
so most likely he was buried in a private cemetery in the U.S.A.
See Monument to 46 American airmen and the map
USAAF with all American airmen buried in Denmark.
3 airmen from
B17 42-39936 were buried in Svinø Churchyard, 1 in Agersø
and 1 in Dannemare Churchyard. 1 has no known grave. 4 became POWs.
This B-17 was
from 728 BS,
452 Bomb
Group (Heavy), 45 CBW, 3 BD. See
452nd Bombardment Group.
It took off from RAF
Deopham Green - USAAF Station 142. See also B17s in
airmen.dk and a
drawing of the crew of a
B-17.
10 airmen.
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