Owen W. Cornett Updated: 18 JUN 2015 Airman: e667001.htm Surname: Cornett Init: O W Rank: Capt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 335 P_link: p184.htm Plane: B17 42-30118 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Kiel Bugt (Bay) Crash_d: d130643 Buried_d: e667 C_link: e667.htm At_Next: USA
"Under et bombetogt til Kiel (her)
den 13. juni 1943 blev amerikanske bombere angrebet af tyske jagere over
Østersøen, hvor en del blev skudt ned. Captain Owen W. Cornett var Pilot. Han er begravet i USA. (Kilde: AOD). Fra B17 42-30118
blev 1 flyver begravet i Magleby, Langeland, mens 3 er begravet i USA, 1 i
Belgien, 1 i Holland og 4 har ingen kendt grav.
American bombers on a bombing raid to
Kiel
(here)
on 13 June 1943 were attacked by German fighters over the Baltic Sea, where a
number were shot down. T/Sgt Louis L. Julliard and 2nd Lt Glenn W. McMurty from B17 42-29702, 2nd Lt Herbert C. Wood from B17 42-30118 and 2nd Lt Wilson F. Brown from B17 42-3187 were all buried in Magleby Churchyard, Langeland. Captain Owen W. Cornett was the Pilot. He rests in the USA. (Source: AOD). 1 airman from B17 42-30118 was buried in Magleby, Langeland, while 3 rest in the USA, 1 in Belgium, 1 in Holland, and 4 have no known grave. See
a drawing of the crew of
a B-17,
Photo of a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball
Turret Gunner. |