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 Den 4. august 1944 kl. 15.50 styrtede
B17 107105 i Østersøen syd
for Gedser (måske omkring
her) på
hjemvejen fra et bombetogt til Anklam (her)
(Kilde: MACR)
"Flyet blev ramt af flak over målet, og på hjemturen
forlod flyet pludselig formationen over Østersøen. En faldskærm blev observeret
og lidt senere sås 6 faldskærme.
Flyet fortsatte i cirka 10 minutter, medens det
hurtigt tabte højde, og ved sydspidsen af Falster
foretog piloten en vellykket nødlanding på vandet. Der foreligger intet
om,
hvorledes piloten blev reddet, men de resterende besætningsmedlemmer omkom alle."
(FT 86-92-30)
MACR har mere: "Jeg så en stor geyser af vand skyde op i luften, da flyet ramte
vandet. Det kan have været hvid røg. Alle faldskærme kom ned i vandet, og der
var
ingen både i nærheden," erklærede S/Sgt Norman G. DeLorme, 366 Bomb Sq.
2nd Lieutenant Joseph Hibner var Navigator
på B17 107105. (Kilde: MACR)
Han er nu begravet i USA. (Kilde: AOD)
4 flyvere fra B17 107105 blev
begravet på Svinø Kirkegård og 1 i Rødby. 2 er begravet i USA og 1 har ingen
kendt grav. 1 flyver blev krigsfange.
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.
9 flyvere.
 On 4 August 1944 at 1550 hours
B17 107105 crashed into the Baltic Sea south of Gedser (maybe
about here)
on the return flight of a bombing raid on
Anklam (here).
(Source: MACR)
"The plane was hit by flak over the target, and
on the return flight the plane suddenly left the formation over the Baltic Sea.
A parachute was observed and a little later
6 parachutes were seen. The plane
went on for about 10 minutes rapidly losing altitude and at the southern tip of
Falster the pilot successfully ditched the plane.
There is no evidence how the
pilot was rescued, but all of the remaining crew members perished."
(FT 86-92-30)
MACR has more: "I saw the geyser of water shoot
up into the air when the plane struck. It may have been white smoke. All the
parachutes came down in the water,
and there were no boats nearby," S/Sgt Norman
G. DeLorme, 366 Bomb Sq stated.
2nd Lieutenant Joseph Hibner was the
Navigator of B17 107105. (Source: MACR)
Now he is buried in the USA. (Source: AOD)
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
366th Bomb
Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, 40 Combat Bombardment Wing, 1st Bombardment
Division of the 8 AF, USAAF.
See also 305th Bomb Group. It took off from RAF
Chelveston - USAAF Station 105.
9 airmen.
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