B17 42-5862
styrtede i Nordsøen den 25. juli 1943 kl. 17 i nærheden af kutteren
E 475 »Bertha«
omkring 75 miles sydvest for Esbjerg. (Kilde: FOS A1393)
AOD har detaljer. Dette er en af beretningerne om flyvere
Reddet af fiskere i Nordsøen.
De 10 B-17-fly
var ude af stand til at bombe
Warnemünde (her).
Ved det sekundære mål Kiel (her)
blev flyet så beskadiget af antiluftskyts at Captain Carey besluttede sig for at
lande på Nordsøen, men seks besætningsmedlemmer gik ned med flyet. Piloten og
andenpiloten fra cockpittet og to mere fra radiorummet klarede at komme
ud. En dansk fiskekutter samlede de fire flyvere op. (Kilde:
p190MACR)
2nd LT (Navigator) Calvin H. De Fevre, 2nd LT
William E.J. Griffith, T/Sgt (Radio Operator) Steven S. Kopczewski, T/Sgt
(Engineer ) Lester I. Berg, S/Sgt (Waist Gunner) Charles J. Mayville og
S/Sgt
(Ball Turret Gunner) Norman C. Eddy har ingen kendt grav.
100th Bomb Group (Heavy) har mere om
denne flyver.
Technical Sergeant
(Engineer) Lester I. Berg har
ingen
kendt grav.
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing,
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England. Han kom i tjenesten fra Michigan. 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*B-17
Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner*B-17
Flyvende Fæstning. 10 flyvere.
On 25 July 1943 at 5pm
B17 42-5862 ditched in the North Sea near the cutter E
475 "Bertha" about 75 miles south west of Esbjerg. (Source: FOD A1393)
AOD has details. This is one of the stories about airmen
Rescued by fishermen in the North Sea.
The 10 B-17s were unable to bomb
Warnemünde (here).
At the secondary target Kiel (here)
this plane was so damaged by flak that Captain Carey decided to ditch in the
North Sea, but six members of the crew went down with the plane. The pilot and
copilot from the cockpit and two more from the radio room managed to get out.
A Danish fishing boat picked up the four airmen. (Source:
p190MACR)
2nd LT (Navigator) Calvin H. De Fevre, 2nd LT
William E.J. Griffith, T/Sgt (Radio Operator) Steven S. Kopczewski, T/Sgt
(Engineer ) Lester I. Berg, S/Sgt (Waist Gunner) Charles J. Mayville,
S/Sgt
(Ball Turret Gunner) Norman C. Eddy have no known grave.
100th Bomb Group (Heavy) has more about
this airman.
Technical Sergeant
(Engineer) Lester I. Berg has
no known grave.
His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing
at
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from Michigan.
Awards:
Air Medal, Purple Heart.
(ABMC)
See
Drawing of the crew
of a B-17 *
Photo of a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk
* B-17 Ball
Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
This B-17
was from
350 BS,
100 BG, 13 Wing, 3 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF.
See also the
100th Bomb Group (Heavy) with
p190MACR*Mission
Warnemünde-Kiel*Casualty
Report*Photo of the
pilot and operational details.
It took off from RAF
Thorpe Abbott - USAAF Station 139. See also
100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. 10 airmen.
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