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.
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