Den 9. oktober 1943 lavede
B17 42-30336 en perfekt nødlanding nær
Nørholm Gods (der er
her).
Se Foto af besætningen.
Sammen med andre bombefly skulle
B17 42-30336 bombe Marienburg i Tyskland, men maskinen
havde motorproblemer efter at have krydset Nordsøen.
MACR fastslår: "Klokken 1038 i en højde af 11.600 fod (3.500 m) og med propel
nr. 2 kantstillet, vendte fly No. 42-30336 fra denne Group om ud for Nymindegab
(her)
efter at være sakket bagud i omkring 8 minutter. Flyet syntes at være under
kontrol til det blev tabt af syne."
Flyet havde været over land. Det vendte om og
fløj mod England, da flere motorproblemer gjorde en ny beslutning nødvendig. Et
forsøg på at flyve hele vejen tilbage
til England over Nordsøen ville være
selvmord, så det vendte om igen. Pilot, 1st Lt Glyndon D. Bell beordrede
besætningen til at springe ud over land.
De 10 andre flyvere blev snart fanget. AOD har detaljer.
Top Turret Gunner, Technical Sergeant Henry P. Elliot og 9 andre flyvere
fra
B17 42-30336 blev ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se
Tegning af besætningen på
en B-17 og
Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk. 11
flyvere.
On 9 October 1943 B17
42-30336 made a perfect forced landing at the estate Nørholm Gods (which is
here).
See
Photo of the Crew of Li'l Audrey.
Together with other bombers
B17 42-30336 was to bomb Marienburg in Germany, but it
had engine trouble when it had crossed the North Sea.
MACR states: "Aircraft No. 42-30336 of this Group, at 1038 hours, altitude
11,600 feet with No. 2 propeller feathered, turned back at Nymindegab (here)
off the
Danish coast, after lagging for approximately eight minutes. The ship
appeared to be under control until lost to vision."
The plane had been over land. It turned around
and headed for England when more engine trouble made a new decision necessary.
An attempt to fly all the way
back to England across the North Sea would be
suicide, so it turned around again. Pilot, 1st Lt Glyndon D. Bell ordered the
crew to bail out over land.
The 10 other airmen were soon captured.
AOD has
details.
Top Turret Gunner, Technical Sergeant Henry P.
Elliot and 9 other airmen from
B17 42-30336 were taken to
German POW-Camps.
This
B-17
was from
548 BS,
385th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 93 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. It took off from
RAF Great Ashfield -
USAAF Station 155 See Happy Ending and
The Eagle. See
also Photo of a B-17+ B-17s in airmen.dk and
drawing of the crew of a
B-17.
11 airmen.
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