Joseph R. Patterson Updated: 01 JAN 2012 Airman: o888352.htm Surname: Patterson Init: J R Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 729 P_link: p282.htm Plane: B17 42-32070 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Ryde at Græshave Crash_d: d090444 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
Mere end 500 amerikanske bombefly var den 9. april 1944 på bombetogt til Polen
og Tyskland. Se 8 af de tabte fly:
Google Map 9APR1944. "Af de ni besætningsmedlemmer, der flygtede, blev tre (2nd Lt (Pilot) Joseph R. Patterson, 2nd Lt (Bombardier) Douglas N. Galloway og S/Sgt (Top Turret Gunner Nielan J. Smith (Kilde: AOD)), taget til fange af tyskerne i en garage i Sakskøbing (her) den 10. april, medens to andre (S/Sgt (Right Waist Gunner) Alfred H. Dickmann og Sgt (Tail Gunner) Anthony LaRusso (Kilde: AOD)) blev taget til fange i nærheden af nødlandingsstedet." (FT 86-91-26) 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 9 April 1944 more than 500 American bombers were on a bombing raid on Poland
and Germany. See 8 of the lost planes:
Google Map 9APR1944. See the long version with the complete quotation from (Danish) Aviation Historical Review (Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift) and Halfdan Rasmussen and 2 airmen. "Of the 9 crew members who fled, three (2nd Lt (Pilot) Joseph R. Patterson, 2nd Lt (Bombardier) Douglas N. Galloway and S/Sgt (Top Turret Gunner Nielan J. Smith (Source: AOD)) were caught by the Germans in a garage in Sakskøbing (here) on 10 April while two others (S/Sgt (Right Waist Gunner) Alfred H. Dickmann and Sgt (Tail Gunner) Anthony LaRusso (Source: AOD)) were taken prisoners near the spot of the forced landing." (FT 86-91-26) 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. |