John G. Fogarty   Photo: AS 25 MAY 2015   Updated: 17 AUG 2015

Airman: e556027.htm Surname: Fogarty Init: J G Rank: 1stLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 367

P_link: p202.htm Plane: B17 423084 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Kiel Bugt (Bay)

Crash_d: d290743 Buried_d: e556a C_link: e556a.htm At_Next: Ardennes, BELGIUM

Den 29. juli 1943 om formiddagen blev B17 42-3084 ramt af en tysk jager efter at have passeret målområdet Kiel (som er her). MACR om hele operationen fra 1st Wing:
"207,9 tons bomber kastet over skibsværfterne og 767.000 propagandablade kastet ud."

Lieutenant John G. Fogarty var Navigator på B17 42-3084. (Kilde: AOD)
Han blev begravet på Ardennes American Cemetery Plot A Row 37 Grave 7. Han kom i
tjeneste fra Illinois. Hæderstegn: Air Medal med 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.
(Kilde: ABMC)

1 flyver fra B17 42-3084 blev begravet i Esbjerg, Danmark, 1 i Belgien, 1 i USA og
6 har ingen kendt grav (5 NET - 1 CAM). 1 flyver blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se Tegning af besætningen på en B-17*Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk*
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner*B-17 Flyvende Fæstning. 10 flyvere.

On 29 July 1943 before noon B17 42-3084 was hit by a German fighter after it had been
over the target area of Kiel (which is here).

MACR about all of the operation of 1st Wing: "207.9 tons of bombs dropped over the
shipyards and 767.000 propaganda leaflets unloaded."

Lieutenant John G. Fogarty was the Navigator of B17 42-3084. (Source: AOD)
He was buried at Ardennes American Cemetery Plot A Row 37 Grave 7. He entered the
Service from Illinois. Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.(ABMC)

1 airman from B17 42-3084 was buried in Denmark, 1 in Belgium, 1 in the USA, and
6 have no known grave (5 NET - 1 CAM). 1 was taken to German POW-Camps.

See Drawing of the crew of a B-17 * Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk * B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
This B-17 was from 367 BS, 306 BG, 40 CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. It took off from RAF Thurleigh - USAAF Station 111 * USAAF Thurleigh Airfield.
See Eighth Air Force Historical Society - 306th Bomb Group * 306th Bomb Group Historical Association * The 306th Bombardment Group Museum. 10 airmen.