Graham W. Diggs Jr.                                                                              Updated: 17 AUG 2015

Airman: e777618.htm Surname: Diggs Jr. Init: G W Rank: T/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 367

P_link: p202.htm Plane: B17 423084 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Kiel Bugt (Bay)              Photo 24 MAY 2015 by AS from

Crash_d: d290743 Buried_d: e777n C_link: e777n.htm At_Next: NO - NET                              Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.

Den 29. juli 1943 om formiddagen blev B17 42-3084 ramt af en tysk jager efter at have passeret målområdet Kiel (som er her).
MACR om hele operationen fra 1st Wing: "207,9 tons bomber kastet over skibsværfterne og 767.000 propagandablade kastet ud."

F/O C. D. Brown, T/Sgt G. W. Diggs, T/Sgt E. W. Norlen, S/Sgt P. G. Pedersen og Sgt J. C. Seigler blev meldt savnet.

Technical Sergeant Graham W. Diggs var Top Turret Gunner på B17 42-3084. (Kilde: AOD)

Han har ingen kendt grav. Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
Han kom i tjeneste fra Oklahoma. Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

1 flyver fra B17 42-3084 blev begravet i Esbjerg, Danmark, 1 i Belgien, 1 i USA og 6 har ingen kendt grav (5 NET - 1 CAM). 1 flyver blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
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 29 July 1943 before noon B17 42-3084 was hit by a German fighter after it had been over the target area of Kiel (which is here).

MACR about all of the operation of 1st Wing: "207.9 tons of bombs dropped over the shipyards and 767.000 propaganda leaflets unloaded."

F/O C. D. Brown, T/Sgt G. W. Diggs, T/Sgt E. W. Norlen, S/Sgt P. G. Pedersen and Sgt J. C. Seigler were reported Missing in Action.

Technical Sergeant Graham W. Diggs was the Top Turret Gunner of B17 42-3084. (Source: AOD)
He has no known grave. His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
He entered the Service from Oklahoma. Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

1 airman from B17 42-3084 was buried in Denmark, 1 in Belgium, 1 in the USA, and 6 have no known grave (5 NET - 1 CAM). 1 was taken to German POW-Camps.
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 367 BS, 306 BG, 40 CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. It took off from RAF Thurleigh - USAAF Station 111 * USAAF Thurleigh Airfield.
See Eighth Air Force Historical Society - 306th Bomb Group * 306th Bomb Group Historical Association * The 306th Bombardment Group Museum. 10 airmen.