Kenneth H. Jones Updated: 14 DEC 2011
Airman: o888162.htm Surname: Jones Init: K H Rank: Sgt 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
Den 20. februar 1944 blev formationen af
B-17 bombefly på vej til Posen i Polen angrebet at større styrker af tyske
jagere, og B17 42-31126 blev svært 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 Sgt (Radio Operator) Kenneth H. Jones blev sendt til forhør i Dulag Luft Oberursel. Ingen tilgængelige kilder siger, hvilken lejr han så kom til. Se Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se
Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret
Gunner.
On 20 February 1944 the formation of B-17 bombers targeting
Posen in Poland was attacked by German fighters, and
B17 42-31126 was severely damaged by
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. Sgt (Radio Operator) Kenneth H. Jones was taken to Dulag Luft Oberursel for interrogation. No available sources tell which camp he was taken to next. See German POW-Camps. See Photo of a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
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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