Harley H. Riley                                                                                          Updated:  25 JUN 2015

Airman: e777152.htm Surname: Riley Init: H H Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 336

P_link: p182.htm Plane: B17 4229702 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Sea S of Langeland    Photo 24 MAY 2015 by AS from

Crash_d: d130643 Buried_d: e777n C_link: e777n.htm At_Next: NO - NET                             Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.

"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.
Fra Langeland (her) så man ved 10-tiden 3 bombere og 3 tyske jagere styrte i havet, samt en 5-6 udfoldede faldskærme.
Fra 3 forskellige bombefly indbragtes senere omkomne besætningsmedlemmer til Langeland." (FAF)

Bombardier 2nd Lt Harley H. Riley har ingen kendt grav. Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
Han kom i tjeneste fra Georgia. Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

2 flyvere fra B17 42-29702 blev  begravet i Magleby, Langeland og 1 i Rise, Ærø. Senere 1 i Belgien og 6 har ingen kendt grav.

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.

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.
About 10 a.m. 3 bombers and 3 German fighters were seen from Langeland (here) crashing into the sea. 5 or 6 opened parachutes were seen.
Later perished crew members from 3 different bombers ended on Langeland. (Source: FAF)

Bombardier 2nd Lt Harley H. Riley has no known grave. His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
He entered the Service from Georgia. Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

2 airmen from B17 42-29702  were buried in Magleby, Langeland and 1 in Rise, Ærø. Later 1 in Belgium, and 6 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.
This B-17 Flying Fortress was from 336 BS, 95 BG, 13 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. See 95th Bomb Group (H). It took off from RAF Framlingham (Parham) - USAAF Station 153.
10 airmen.