B17 42-37807
nødlandede i Nordsøen omkring
her den 19. maj 1944 efter angreb fra 3 tyske jagere. AOD har detaljer.
Dette er en af beretningerne om flyvere
Reddet af fiskere i Nordsøen.
Fra deres redningsflåder kom flyverne over i en redningsbåd, der blev kastet ned
til dem fra et britisk Hudson fly. De mødte 3 danske fiskerbåde.
S/Sgt (Top Turret Gunner) Dickie Kendall
og 11 andre flyvere fra
B17 42-37807 blev reddet af de ukendte dansk
fiskekuttere.
En af dem sejlede flyverne tættere på England. 150 miles fra England kom de over
i en hurtigbåd. Den danske fiskekutter sejlede tilbage igen.
Eneste danske kilde er AOD, der har mange
detaljer.
Et stort spørgsmål: Hvem var de danske fiskere???
Kontakt meget gerne www.airmen.dk ud fra data
nederst i Om airmen.dk. 10 flyvere.
B17 42-37807 ditched in the North Sea about
here on 19 May 1944 after attack by 3 German fighters. AOD has details.
This is one of the stories about airmen Rescued by
fishermen in the North Sea.
From their dinghies the airmen got into a
lifeboat dropped to them by a British
Hudson aircraft. They
met 3 Danish fishing boats.
S/Sgt (Top
Turret Gunner) Dickie Kendall and 11 other airmen from
B17 42-37807 were rescued by unknown Danish fishing
cutters.
One of them sailed the airmen closer to England. 150 miles from England they
came aboard a British Air-Sea Rescue Launch.
The Danish fishing cutter sailed back again.
The only Danish source is AOD with many details.
One big question: Who were the Danish fishermen???
Please contact
www.airmen.dk via data shown at the bottom of
About airmen.dk.
This
B-17 was from
350 BS, 100
BG, 13 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. See also the
100th Bomb Group (Heavy) with
Photos of the
crew and
Notes.
It took off from RAF
Thorpe Abbotts - USAAF Station 139. See also
100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.
See also B17s in airmen.dk and a
drawing of the crew of a
B-17 and
Reflections on Being a Pilot in WWII
by
Bert Hallum. 10 airmen.
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