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 Den 11.april 1944 kl. 13.30 styrtede
B17 42-29939 i Østersøen et sted under et bombetogt til
Poznan (her).
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Boeing B-17F 42-29939 (BX- ) 338 BS, 96 BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD, Snetterton Heath,
Norfolk. (Poznan)
585 B-17 fløj til mål i Nordtyskland, og 52 gik tabt. Syd for Bornholm forlod
42-29939 formationen. Det vides ikke nøjagtigt, hvor flyet styrtede ned,
men navigatøren,
2nd Lt John Alfred Ashmead Jr., blev begravet på Korsør
Kirkegaard den 8. august 1944, og den samme dag blev co-piloten,
2nd Lt Thomas Bradford Hilton, begravet
i Warnemünde. Et besætningsmedlem, left
waist gunner, Sgt Wilfred Albert Dennis, nåede at springe ud
med faldskærm og blev samlet op af en tysk hurtigbåd.
Det 11. besætningsmedlem
var en fotograf, S/Sgt Eugene Henry Ryan." (FT 88-40-24)
"Erklæring: Sgt Dennis underretter om at 3 andre besætningsmedlemmer sprang ud
med faldskærm: Sgt Ritz, Sgt Borraidale og Sgt Cantrell. Et tysk patruljefartøj
samlede Sgt Dennis op. Han blev ført til kaptajnen og anmodede om at kaptajnen
skulle søge efter de andre 3 besætningsmedlemmer. Det ville han ikke, da han
sagde, at han skulle melde sig tilbage til havnemyndigheden omgående." (MACR -
Blanket om manglende besætning) Sgt Owen L. Cantrell var Left Waist
Gunner.
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing,
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra Texas. Hæderstegn:
Air Medal, Purple Heart.
(Kilde: ABMC)
1 flyver fra
B17 42-29939 blev begravet i Korsør og 2 i
Belgien. 7 har ingen kendt grav. 1 blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se
B-17 Flyvende
Fæstning, Tegning
af besætningen på en B-17 og
Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk.
11 flyvere.
 On 11 April 1944 at 13.30 hours
B17 42-29939 crashed somewhere into the Baltic Sea on a
bombing raid on Poznan (here).
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"Boeing B-17F 42-29939 (BX- ) 338 BS, 96 BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD, Snetterton Heath,
Norfolk. (Poznan)
585 B-17s flew to targets in North Germany and 52 were lost. South of Bornholm (which
is here)
42-29939 left the formation. It is not known exactly where the plane crashed,
but Navigator, 2nd Lt John Alfred Ashmead Jr. was buried in Korsør Cemetery on 8
August 1944. On the same day Co-pilot, 2nd Lt Thomas Bradford Hilton
was buried in Warnemünde. Left Waist Gunner, Sgt Wilfred Albert Dennis managed
to bail out. He was picked up by a German patrol boat. The 11th crew member
was a photographer, S/Sgt Eugene Henry Ryan." (FT 88-40-24)
"Statement: Sgt Dennis states that 3 other
members of the crew bailed out, Sgt Ritz, Sgt Borraidale and Sgt Cantrell. A
small German boat picked up
Sgt Dennis.
He was taken to the Captain of the boat and requested that the
Captain look around for the other 3 members. This he would not do, saying he had
to report back
to the port officials immediately." (MACR - Missing Air Crew Report) Sgt
Owen L. Cantrell was the Left Waist Gunner.
His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing
at
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from Texas.
Awards:
Air Medal, Purple Heart.
(Source: ABMC)
1 airman from
B17 42-29939 was buried in Korsør and 2 in Belgium. 7 have no known grave. 1 was
taken to
German POW-Camps.
This
B-17
belonged to 338
BS, 96 BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD of 8 AF, USAAF. It took off from
RAF Snetterton Heath
- USAAF Station 138.
See 96th Bombardment Group Association *
Drawing of the crew of a
B-17 * Photo of a B-17+ B-17s in airmen.dk.
11 airmen.
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