Den 9. oktober 1943 kl. 12.50 styrtede
B17 42-29868 i Østersøen syd for Langeland. (Kilde: FT
85-76-17)
"Den 9. oktober 1943 passerede 378
amerikanske bombefly den sydlige del af Danmark under missioner til mål i Danzig
(Gdansk her),
Polen og den østlige del af Tyskland.
Et B-17 fly, med Anklam (her) som mål, styrtede denne dag i Østersøen."
(FAF)
"Flyet blev angrebet af
Me109 og brød
straks i brand. Flere besætningsmedlemmer sprang med faldskærm, før flyet
eksploderede. 1st Lt Frank E. Williams Jr. (pilot)
og T/Sgt Theodore P. Curis (top turret gunner) blev samlet op af tyske skibe i
farvandet." (FT 85-76-17)
Staff Sergeant Nelson O. Harmon var Right
Waist Gunner på B17 42-29868. Han er nu begravet i USA.
(Kilde: AOD)
1 flyver fra B17 42-29868
blev begravet i Danmark. 2 er begravet i USA. 5 blev meldt savnet. 2 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 9 October 1943 at 1250 hours
B17 42-29868 crashed into the Baltic Sea south of
Langeland. (Source: FT 85-76-17)
"On 9 October, 1943 378 American bombers
passed the southern part of Denmark on missions to targets in Danzig (Gdansk
here),
Poland and the eastern part
of Germany.
A B-17 targeting Anklam
(here)
this day crashed into the Baltic Sea."
(FAF)
"The plane was attacked by
Me109 and
immediately caught fire. A number of crew members bailed out before the plane
exploded. 1st Lt Frank E. Williams Jr. (pilot)
and T/Sgt Theodore P. Curis (top turret gunner) were picked up by German ships
in the area." (FT 85-76-17)
Staff Sergeant Nelson O. Harmon was the
Right Waist Gunner of B17 42-29868. Now he is buried in
the USA. (Source: AOD)
1 airman from B17 42-29868
was buried in Denmark. 2 are buried in the USA. 5 were reported Missing in
Action. 2 were 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 508th
Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, 94 Combat Bombardment Wing, 1 BD of 8 AF
of the USAAF. See 351st Bomb Group.
It took off from RAF
Polebrook - USAAF Station 110. See
The Wartimes
Memories Project - RAF Polebrook.
10 airmen.
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