James M. Wimmer Updated: 16 OCT 2015
Airman: o888042.htm Surname: Wimmer Init: J M Rank: 1stLt 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
B17
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.
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.
1st Lieutenant (agterskytte) James H. Wimmer var fra Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
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 mindesmærket rejst
her og
Stormy Weather - Photos.
Flere links ved
B17 42-38005 Stormy Weather.
10 flyvere.
After a bombing raid to Berlin
B17 42-38005 Stormy Weather had to crash land
here
on 24 May, 1944 at 1425 hrs as described at the plane.
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.
1st Lieutenant (Tail Gunner) James H. Wimmer was from Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
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.