Den 28. juli 1943 styrtede B17 42-3316 i Nordsøen ud for Helgoland på udturen af et bombetogt til Warnemünde (her). Hele besætningen omkom.

Staff Sergeant James R. Murphy var Tail Gunner på B17 42-3316. Han er nu begravet i USA. (Kilde: AOD)

1 flyver fra B17 42-3316 blev begravet i Esbjerg, 1 i USA og 7 i Belgien. 1 navn på Mindetavlen, NET.

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 amerikanske bombefly styrtede i Nordsøen mellem den tyske kyst og Helgoland den morgen." (Måske omkring her).
De 3 af dem må være B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 10 flyvere.

On 28 July 1943 B17 42-3316 crashed into the North Sea off Heligoland on the outward flight of a bombing raid on Warnemünde (here). All of the crew perished.

Staff Sergeant James R. Murphy was the Tail Gunner of B17 42-3316. Now he is buried in the USA. (Source: AOD)

1 airman from B17 42-3316 was buried in Esbjerg,1 in the USA, and 7 airmen in Belgium. 1 NO - NET.

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 USAAF bombers crashed in the North Sea between German Coast and Heligoland that morning." (Maybe about here).
3 of them must be B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

See a 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.
550 BS, 385 BG, 93 CBW, 3BD. This B-17 took off from RAF Great Ashfield - USAAF Station 138. 10 airmen.