Daniel H. Surprise                                                                               Updated: 27 SEP 2024

Airman: o888048.htm Surname: Surprise Init: D H Rank: S/Sgt 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. 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.

Staff Sergeant (venstre sideskytte) Daniel H. Surprise var fra Wichita, Kansas, USA. Han var med ved gensynsarrangementet i 2001. 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 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.

Staff Sergeant (Left Waist Gunner) Daniel H. Surprise was from Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was present at the reunion in 2001. See photo 2001.

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.