Vincent Gallozzi Updated: 15 JUN 2018
Airman: o888313.htm Surname: Gallozzi Init: V Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 406
P_link: p309r.htm Plane: B24 42-40530 Operation: Drop in DK Crash_site: Vognbjerg at Skjern
Crash_d: d070544 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
"Natten
til den 7. maj 1944 nedkastede "Liberator" B-24DSA (B24 42-40530) en sending
våben til
den danske modstandsbevægelse på en plads ved Rugård Af de resterende 7 besætningsmedlemmer blev 5
taget til fange. (2nd Lt (Co-Pilot) Israel Barron, Lt (Pilot) George Pipkin, S/Sgt
(Tail Gunner) James McCaskey, 69 omkomne flyvere fra dette og 14 andre fly mindes på
Mindetavlen i Rebild. De mistede livet under
nedkastningsoperationer til modstandsbevægelsen.
On the night before 7 May 1944
"Liberator" B-24DSA (B24 42-40530)
dropped a load of weapons for the
Danish
resistance movement at a site at the
The plane was hit by German flak, burst into
flames and crashed northwest of Skjern on the return flight over Jutland. (FAF)
5 crewmembers were captured (2nd Lt (Co-Pilot)
Israel Barron, Lt (Pilot) George Pipkin, S/Sgt (Tail Gunner) James McCaskey, S/Sgt
(Right Waist Gunner)
69 perished airmen from this and 14 other planes
are commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in Rebild.
They lost their lives in supply operations to the Danish resistance. For the
same reason they are commemorated in London. See 69
airmen - St. Clement Danes. See
Google Map Rebild with 15 + 3 planes lost. |