Timothy J. Nunan                                                                                  Updated:  01 JAN 2012

Airman:
 o888007.htm Surname: Nunan Init: T J Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 728

P_link: p280.htm Plane: B17 42-39936 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Meltofte

Crash_d: d090444 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Den 9. april 1944 styrtede B17 42-39936 ned ved Meltofte på Lolland. Se Google Map p280. Det var på hjemturen fra et bombetogt til Poznan (her).
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver (navne fra MACR - Missing Air Crew Report):

"Under angreb fra flere FW 190 blev flyets to inderste motorer skudt i brand, og den midterste del af kroppen blev også ramt kraftigt, hvorved både navigator 2ndLt
William D. Abernathy og left waist gunner Raymond E. Raley omkom. - - - De tre sidste (S/Sgt (Radio Operator) Timothy J. Nunan, S/Sgt (Ball Turret Gunner)
Bernard H. Brand og S/Sgt (Tail Gunner) Oather G. Meese) sprang ud syd for Tillitse, og efter kort tid blev de taget til fange af tyskerne.- " (FT 86-91-25)

S/Sgt (Radio Operator) Timothy J. Nunan og S/Sgt (Ball Turret Gunner) Bernard H. Brand kom ned på land tæt ved hinanden. De holdt sig på fri fod nogle dage.
De blev arresteret, da de ville over Guldborgsundbroen.
De blev sendt til Tyske krigsfangelejre. Efter forhør i Oberursel kom Nunan til Stalag 17B. (Kilde: AOD)

3 flyvere fra B17 42-39936 blev begravet på Svinø, 1 på Agersø og 1 i Dannemare. 1 har ingen kendt grav. 4 blev krigsfanger.
Se
B-17 Flyvende Fæstning * B17 i airmen.dk * tegning af besætningen på en B-17. 10 flyvere. 

On 9 April 1944 B17 42-39936 crashed near Meltofte on Lolland. See Google Map p280. It was on the return flight from a bombing raid on Poznan (here).
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes (names from MACR - Missing Air Crew Report):

"The two inner engines of the plane caught fire after hits from a number of attacking FW 190s. Also the middle section of the fuselage was heavily hit and navigator
2ndLt William D. Abernathy and left waist gunner Raymond E. Raley perished. - - - The last three (S/Sgt (Radio Operator) Timothy J. Nunan, S/Sgt (Ball Turret Gunner) Bernard H. Brand and S/Sgt (Tail Gunner) Oather G. Meese) bailed out south of Tillitse. After a short while they were captured by the Germans. - "
(FT 86-91-25)

S/Sgt (Radio Operator) Timothy J. Nunan og S/Sgt (Ball Turret Gunner) Bernard H. Brand came down on land close to each other. They stayed at large for some
days. They were captured when they wanted to cross the Guldborgsund Bridge.
They were sent to
German POW-Camps. After interrogation at Dulag Luft Oberursel Nunan was taken to Stalag 17B. (Source: AOD)

3 airmen from B17 42-39936 were buried in Svinø Churchyard, 1 in Agersø and 1 in Dannemare Churchyard. 1 has no known grave. 4 became POWs.
This B-17 was from 728 BS, 452 Bomb Group (Heavy), 45 CBW, 3 BD. See 452nd Bombardment Group.
It took off from RAF Deopham Green - USAAF Station 142. See also B17s in airmen.dk and a
drawing of the crew of a B-17. 10 airmen.