Bernhardt Oster                                                                                      Updated:  08 JUN 2015

Airman: e777198.htm Surname: Oster Init: B Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 568

P_link: p249.htm Plane: B17 4230289 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Hvidkilde

Crash_d: d040144 Buried_d: e777c C_link: e777c.htm At_Next: NO - CAM

Den 4. januar 1944 kl. 12.45 styrtede B17 42-30289 ned i Amalielyst Skov (her, overblik her) nær Hvidkilde Sø ved Svendborg efter et bombetogt til Kiel (her).

Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Flyet blev angrebet af tyske jagere på hjemturen fra Kiel. Fire besætningsmedlemmer (Gott, Gristak,Oster og Shanholtz) sprang med faldskærm S for Ærø
(som er her) og er aldrig blevet fundet." (FT 85-78-19)

Radio Operator, Staff Sergeant Bernhardt Oster har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: MACR)
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra District of Columbia. Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

4 flyvere fra B17 42-30289 har ikke nogen kendt grav. 6 flyvere blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

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 4 January 1944 at 12.45 hours B17 42-30289 crashed into the Amalielyst Wood (here, overview here) near Hvidkilde Lake at Svendborg
after a bombing raid on Kiel (here).

(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"The plane was attacked by German fighters on the return flight from Kiel. 4 crew members (Gott, Gristak,Oster and Shanholtz)  bailed out south of Ærø (which
is here). They have never been found." (FT 85-78-19)

Radio Operator, Staff Sergeant Bernhardt Oster has no known grave. (Source: MACR)
His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from District of Columbia. Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

4 airmen from  B17 42-30289 have no known grave. 6 airmen were taken to German POW-Camps.

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 was from 568 BS, 390 BG, 13 CBW, 3 BD of the 8 AF. It took off from RAF Framlingham - USAAF Station 153.   *  Framlingham Airfield
See also The 390th Bomb Group Memorial Air Museum * Parham Airfield Museum * 390th Bomb Group * The 390th Memorial Museum, Tucson, Arizona
10 airmen.