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"Den 9. oktober 1943 angreb USAAF med 378 4-motorede bombefly flyfabrikker i den
østlige del af Polen og Østpreussen, samt havnefaciliteter i
Gdynia
(her)
og
Danzig (Gdansk
her).
Både på udturen og hjemturen passerede formationerne Danmark, hvor tyske
jagermaskiner angreb bomberne." (FAF)
På hjemturen blev B17
42-3554 angrebet af tyske jagere. 5 flyvere sprang ud inden flyet
eksploderede i luften omkring
her 16 km
syd sydvest for Blåvandshuk
den 9. oktober 1943 kl. 16.45. (Kilde: AOD)
Pilot 2nd Lt William F. Whelan, Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Frank E. Tomlinson og Bombardier 2nd Lt
Fred S. Rodway har ingen kendt grav.
(Kilde: MACR)
Pilot 2nd Lt William F. Whelan har sit navn på Tablets of the Missing,
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra New York. Hæderstegn:
Air Medal med 2 Oak
Leaf Clusters.
(Kilde: ABMC)
2 flyvere fra B17 42-3554
blev begravet i Danmark, 3 har ingen kendt grav og 5 blev krigsfanger.
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 9 October, 1943 USAAF attacked
aircraft factories in the eastern part of Poland and East Preussia together with
harbour facilities in Gdynia (here) and Danzig
(Gdansk
here)
with 378 4-engined bombers. Both on the
way out and the way home the formations passed Denmark, where German fighters
attacked the bombers." (FAF)
On the return flight B17 42-3554 was attacked by German
fighters. 5 airmen bailed out before the plane exploded in the air about
here 10
miles south south west of Blåvandshuk on 9 October 1943 at 16.45 hours. (Source:
AOD)
Pilot 2nd Lt William F. Whelan, Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Frank E. Tomlinson and Bombardier 2nd
Lt Fred S. Rodway have no known grave.
(Source:
MACR)
Pilot 2nd Lt William F. Whelan has his name inscribed on Tablets of the Missing at
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from New York.
Awards:
Air Medal with 2 Oak
Leaf Clusters.
(ABMC)
2 airmen
from B17
42-3554 were buried in Denmark, 3 have no known grave and 5 became Prisoners
of War.
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.
It took off from
RAF Podington - USAAF
Station 109. Also
Lester Schrenk was in Podington. This B-17
was from
326th BS, 92nd BG, 40th CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. See
92nd Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 92nd
USAAF-USAF Memorial Association. 10 airmen.
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