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 Den 4. januar 1944 kl. 12.45 styrtede
B17 42-30289
ned i Amalielyst Skov (her,
overblik her)
nær Hvidkilde Sø ved Svendborg efter et bombetogt til Kiel (her).
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Flyet blev angrebet af tyske jagere på hjemturen fra Kiel.
To flyvere sprang over
farvandet mellem Ærø og Fyn. 2nd Lt Wahl (Bombardier) blev samlet op af
en
dansk fisker og i bevidstløs tilstand indlagt på det tyske infirmeri
i Fåborg (her). 2nd Lt
Watters landede nærmere Fyn og blev ligeledes samlet op af
danske
fiskere, der bragte ham til Fåborg sygehus, hvor han senere blev
taget til
fange af tyskerne.
Efter 3 dage
blev alle seks overlevende ført til Dulag Luft ved Oberursel." (FT 85-78-19)
4 flyvere fra
B17 42-30289 har ikke nogen kendt grav. 6 flyvere blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
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.
10 flyvere.
 On 4 January 1944 at 12.45 hours
B17 42-30289 crashed into the Amalielyst Wood (here,
overview
here) near Hvidkilde Lake at Svendborg
after a bombing raid on Kiel (here).
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"The plane was attacked by German fighters on the return flight from Kiel.
2 airmen bailed out over the sea between Ærø and Fyn.
Bombardier, 2nd Lt Wahl was unconscious when he was picked
up by a Danish
fisherman
and taken to the German field hospital i Faaborg (here).
2nd Lt Watters landed closer to Fyn. He was also picked up by Danish
fishermen
who took
him to Faaborg Hospital, where he was taken prisoner by the Germans.
3 days
later the 6 survivors were taken to
Dulag Luft Oberursel." (FT 85-78-19)
4 airmen from
B17 42-30289 have no known grave. 6 airmen were
taken to
German POW-Camps.
See a
drawing of the crew of a
B-17,
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
was from 568
BS, 390 BG, 13
CBW, 3 BD of the 8 AF. It took off from
RAF Framlingham - USAAF
Station 153. *
Framlingham Airfield
See also
The
390th Bomb Group Memorial Air Museum *
Parham Airfield
Museum * 390th Bomb Group
* The 390th
Memorial Museum, Tucson, Arizona
10 airmen.
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