Robert B. Clay                                                                                    Updated: 27 SEP 2024

Airman: o888041.htm Surname: Clay Init: R B Rank: Capt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 509

P_link: p326.htm Plane: B17 42-38005 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: At Østerholm, Als

Crash_d: d240544 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

B-17G 42-38005 Stormy Weather var efter et bombetogt til Berlin nødt til at nødlande her den 24. maj 1944 kl. 14:25 som beskrevet ved flyet. Mere i p326MACR.

8 besætningsmedlemmer sprang ud med faldskærm over Svenstrup, og Captain Robert B. Clay og Co-pilot 1.st Lieutenant Frank Hatten nødlandede flyet på kun en motor under dramatiske omstændigheder.

Hele besætningen overlevede tysk fangenskab og vendte hjem til USA efter krigen. Captain Robert B. Clay og Co-pilot 1.st Lieutenant Frank Hatten var i Stalag Luft III.

Captain (Pilot) Robert B. Clay var fra Brigham City, Utah, USA. Han var med ved gensynsarrangementet i 2001. Se Kaptajn Clays erindringer. Hele historien?
"My dad would be proud and happy to share his story with anyone willing to read or listen to it. Kind regards, Tom Clay." See A Pilot´s Story pdf 11,9 MB.
Se foto 2001.

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. Se Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se også Stormy Weather 24 maj 2019 - mindedag 75 år efter styrtet og se fra JV: Rørende mindedag for amerikanske flyverhelte 2019 - 75 år efter.
Se mindesmærket rejst her og Stormy Weather - Photos. Se Monument 2014. Flere links ved B17 42-38005 Stormy Weather + Stormy Weather 2024 10 flyvere.

After a bombing raid on Berlin B17 42-38005 Stormy Weather had to crash land here on 24 May, 1944 at 14:25 as described at the plane. More in p326MACR.

8 of the crew bailed out over the village of Svenstrup and Captain Robert B. Clay and Co-pilot 1.st Lieutenant Frank Hatten crash-landed "Stormy Weather" under dramatic circumstances with only one engine running.

The entire crew survived as POWs in Germany and returned to USA after the war. Captain Robert B. Clay and Co-pilot 1.st Lieutenant Frank Hatten went to Stalag Luft III.

Captain (Pilot) Robert B. Clay was from Brigham City, Utah, USA. He was present at the reunion in 2001. See Memoirs of Captain Robert B. Clay. The full story?
"My dad would be proud and happy to share his story with anyone willing to read or listen to it. Kind regards, Tom Clay." See A Pilot´s Story pdf 11,9 MB.
See photo 2001. See Monument 2014.

See Stormy Weather 24 MAY 2019 - memorial day.
See the newspaper article Moving memorial day for American air force heroes with photos in the original Rørende mindedag for amerikanske flyverhelte.

See a 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*German POW-Camps.
See the memorial erected here, Stormy Weather - Photos and Stalag III. More links at B17 42-38005 Stormy Weather+Stormy Weather 2024 with many details.