Den 9. oktober 1943 blev dette fly i
forbindelse med et bombetogt til Anklam (her) ramt over Østersøen.
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Liming samt navigator, bombardier og
top turret gunner sprang ud
med faldskærm, men Lt Winter klarede at slukke ilden og bringe sit fly sikkert
tilbage til England. (Kilde: MACR)
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Max E. Liming blev fundet den 7.
november 1943 ved Lysabild Skov (her) på Als. Begravelsen i Aabenraa foregik den 10.
november 1943. (Kilde: FAF)
Efter krigen blev hans lig gravet op og ført til
Belgien, hvor han blev begravet på
Ardennes American
Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz.
Bombardier 2nd Lt John B. Morgan formodes nu at være begravet i USA. (Kilde: AOD)
Navigator 2nd Lt Anthony P. Taormina og Top Turret Gunner T/Sgt Gordon Teal
Jr blev
ført til Tyske
krigsfangelejre.
(Kilde: AOD)
Anthony P. Taormina blev ført til
Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prøjsen . Han kom i tjeneste fra New York. (Kilde:
WWII POWs)
Se Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i
airmen.dk og
B-17 Flyvende Fæstning.
5 flyvere. Navnene på resten af
besætningsmedlemmerne ses ikke.
381st Bomb Group, Lost Crews: Note, 4 flyvere: Sprang ud over målet. Flyet
vendte tilbage.
On 9 October 1943 this plane was hit over
the Baltic Sea in connection with a bombing raid on
Anklam (here). Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Liming, the
navigator, the
bombardier and the
top turret gunner bailed out, but Lt Winter managed to extinguish the fire and
bring his aircraft safely back to England. (Source: MACR)
On 7 November 1943 Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Max E. Liming was found at Lysabild Skov (here)
on Als. On 10 November 1943 he was buried in Aabenraa. (Source: FAF)
After the war his body was disinterred and taken to Belgium where he was buried
in the
Ardennes American
Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz.
Bombardier 2nd Lt John B. Morgan is now believed to be buried in the USA. (Source:
AOD)
Navigator 2nd Lt Anthony P. Taormina and Top Turret Gunner T/Sgt Gordon Teal
Jr
were taken to
German POW-Camps.
(Source: AOD)
Anthony P. Taormina was taken to
Stalag Luft 1
Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. He entered the service from New York. (Source:
WWII POWs)
See Photo of a B-17+ B-17s in
airmen.dk. This
B-17 from
532 Bombardment Squadron, 381 BG, now
381st Training Group,
took off from
RAF Ridgewell
- USAAF Station 167.
See also
532 BS, 381
BG, 1 CBW, 1 BD of the 8 AF *
381st Bomb Group "The Original Group Site" and
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association.
5 airmen. The names of the other crew members
are not seen. 381st Bomb Group,
Lost Crews: Note, 4 airmen: Bailed out over target. Ship returned.
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