John J. Chinni Updated: 14 DEC 2011
Airman: o888165.htm Surname: Chinni Init: J J Rank: S/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
S/Sgt (Tail Gunner) John J. Chinni blev sendt til forhør i
Dulag Luft Oberursel. Derfra til Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug og til Stalag Luft
IV Groos Tychow, se
fotos.
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.
S/Sgt (Tail Gunner) John J. Chinni was taken to
Dulag Luft Oberursel for interrogation. Then to Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug and
Stalag Luft IV Groos Tychow,
see photos. He and
other POWs then marched to
Stalag 357
Fallingbostel.
See
German POW-Camps. |