Burton C. Holtzman Updated: 08 JUN 2015
Airman: e777151.htm Surname: Holtzman Init: B C Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 004
P_link: p345.htm Plane: B24 4440443 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Holt, Suffolk
Crash_d: d240844 Buried_d: e777c C_link: e777c.htm At_Next: NO - CAM
“Under et bombetogt med Kiel som mål blev en B-24 Liberator ramt af flak i en motor. Over Nordsøen (53,40N-04,05E) sprang 9 besætningsmedlemmer ud med faldskærm. De omkom alle.
Den 10. mand ombord, Command Pilot, Major Garrett, kunne ikke forlade
flyet, der var gået i spin. Senere fik han atter kontrol over flyet og fortsatte
mod vest til
S/Sgt (Nose Gunner) Burton C.
Holtzman har ingen kendt grav.
”On a bombing raid targeting Kiel a
B-24 Liberator was hit by flak in an engine.
Over the North Sea (53,40N-04,05E) 9 members of the crew bailed out.
The 10th man on board, Command Pilot, Major Garrett, was unable to
leave the plane, which had started spinning. Later he regained control over the
plane and
S/Sgt (Nose Gunner) Burton C.
Holtzman has no known grave.
From
34th Bomb
Group Mission Diary for AUGUST 1944: Missions #48-#63
Compiled by Gary
L. Ferrell
This
B 24 Liberator
belonged to 34th Bombardment
Group . 4th
BS, 34th BG, 93rd CBW, 3rd BD, 8 AF, USAAF.
It took off from
Mendlesham
Airfield, Station 156. |