David D. Jacobs Updated: 14 DEC 2011
Airman: o888159.htm Surname: Jacobs Init: D D Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 560
P_link: p270.htm Plane: B17 42-31126 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Bellinge
Crash_d: d200244 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
Se
monument for de 2 flyvere rejst
her ved Vibækvej 16,
(gården Lykkenssæde her) 5250 Odense SV
omkring 200 m fra nedstyrtningsstedet
(her -
kilde:
"3 besætningsmedlemmer blev taget til fange
øjeblikkeligt, medens 5 forsøgte flugt. Efter 3 dage blev den sidste, T/Sgt
(Radio Operator) H. J. Jones, taget til 2nd Lt (Navigator) David D. Jacobs blev sendt til forhør i Dulag Luft Oberursel. Så blev han ført til Stalag Luft I Barth. Se Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se
Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret
Gunner.
See
monument to the 2 airmen erected
here
at Vibækvej 16,
(the farm Lykkenssæde here) 5250 Odense SV
about 200 m from the crash site
(here -
source: "3 crew members were captured immediately, while 5 attempted an escape. 3 days later T/Sgt (Radio Operator) H. J. Jones was the last of them to be captured near Faaborg (here)." (FT 85-78-24) See B-17 Flying Fortress, the queen of the skies and a drawing of its crew.
2nd Lt (Navigator) David D. Jacobs was taken to
Dulag Luft Oberursel for interrogation. Then he was taken to
Stalag Luft I Barth.
See German POW-Camps.
This
B-17 from
RAF Knettishall - USAAF
Station 136 belonged to
560 BS, 388
BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD, 8AF of USAAF. See also
388th Bomb Group Association.
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