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.
Begge piloter, 2nd Lt's Prophett og Gallagher, landede med faldskærm på kysten ved Vester Skerninge (omkring her). Den ene var lettere såret og blev ført til
lægen i Vester Skerninge, hvor de begge blev taget til fange af tyske tropper fra Mar.-Artl. Ers.-Abt. 0llerup (her).
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.
 Pilot, 2nd Lt Prophett and Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt Gallagher landed by parachute on the coast at Vester Skerninge (about here). One of them was slightly injured and he
was taken to the Doctor in Vester Skerninge, where they were taken captive by a German unit from Ollerup.
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.