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)
Top Turret Gunner, Staff Sergeant Henry T. Gristak
har ingen kendt grav.
(Kilde: MACR)
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing,
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra West Virginia. 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 crased 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)
Top Turret Gunner, Staff Sergeant Henry T.
Gristak
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 West Virginia.
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.
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