Mere end 500 amerikanske bombefly var den 9. april 1944 på bombetogt til Polen og Tyskland. Se 8 af de tabte fly:  Google Map 9APR1944.

Den 9. april 1944 styrtede B17 42-32-31352 i Østersøen i forbindelse med et bombetogt til Poznan (her), måske omkring her sydvest for Lolland.

MACR (Rapport om savnet fly) fastslår at flyet "sidst blev set omkring 54^o35'N/11^o10'E" (14 km sydvest for Rødbyhavn).

1st Lieutenant Howard T. Mattingly Jr. var Navigator. Han har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: MACR)
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra Maryland. Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

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 9 April 1944 more than 500 American bombers were on a bombing raid on Poland and Germany. See 8 of the lost planes: Google Map 9APR1944.

On 9 April 1944 B17 42-32-31352 crashed into the Baltic Sea in connection with a bombing raid on Poznan (here), maybe about here south west of Lolland.

The MACR (Missing Air Crew Report) states that it was "last sighted approx. at 54^o35'N/11^o10'E" (14 km SW of Rødbyhavn).

1st Lieutenant Howard T. Mattingly Jr. was the Navigator. He 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 Maryland. Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

This B-17 was from 728 BS, 452 Bomb Group (Heavy), 45 CBW, 3 BD. See 452nd Bombardment Group. B-17 42-31352 at the American Air Museum.

It took off from RAF Deopham Green - USAAF Station 142. See also B17s in airmen.dk and a drawing of the crew of a B-17. 10 airmen.