Hector M. Watson                                                                                    Updated:  25 JUN 2015

Airman: e777593.htm Surname: Watson Init: H M Rank: T/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 563

P_link: p192.htm Plane: B17 425907 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea                      Photo 24 MAY 2015 by AS from

Crash_d: d250743 Buried_d: e777n C_link: e777n.htm At_Next: NO - NET                 Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.

Den 25. juli 1943 styrtede B17 42-5907 i Nordsøen på hjemturen fra et bombetogt mod Westrow. Hele besætningen omkom.

Technical Sergeant Hector M. Watson var Radio Operator på B17 42-5907. Han har ingen kendt grav.
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
Han kom i tjeneste fra Massachusetts. Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

1 flyver fra B17 42-5907 blev begravet i Lemvig og 1 er nu begravet i USA. 8 flyvere 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.

On 25 July 1943 B17 42-5907 crashed into the North Sea on the return flight from a bombing raid on Westrow. All of the crew perished.

Technical Sergeant Hector M. Watson was the Radio Operator of B17 42-5907. He has no known grave.
His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
He entered the Service from Massachusetts. Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

1 airman from B17 42-5907 was buried in Lemvig and 1 is now buried in the USA. 8 airmen 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.

B17 42-5907 was from 563 BS, 388 Bomb Group, 45 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. This B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Knettishall - USAAF Station 136.

10 airmen.