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 Den 4. januar 1944 mavelandede
B17 42-30606 "El Diablo" på den sydlige del af Rømø (omkring
her) i
forbindelse med et bombetogt til Kiel. (MACR)
MACR: "El Diablo" i kamp med tyske jagere og
tvunget til at lande."
Besætningen overlevede. De 10 flyvere prøvede at slippe væk, men de blev taget
til fange af tyskerne og
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Sergeant Laurence W. Neuhauser var Ball Turret Gunner på
B17 42-30606.
Se
tegning af
besætningen på en B-17 fra siden
B-17 Flying Fortress. En
side på dansk:
B-17 Flyvende
Fæstning.
Også 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
B17 42-30606 made a belly landing on the southern part of
Rømø (about
here) in
connection with a bombing raid on Kiel. (MACR)
MACR: "El Diablo" in combat with German fighters
and forced to land."
The crew survived. The 10 airmen tried to get
away, but they were captured by the Germans and
taken to
German POW-Camps.
Sergeant Laurence W. Neuhauser was the Ball Turret Gunner
of
B17 42-30606.
See
B-17 Flying Fortress, the queen
of the skies and
a drawing of its crew.
Also
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 367
BS, 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 40 CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of the
USAAF.
It took off from RAF
Thurleigh/USAAF Station 111.
See Eighth Air Force
Historical Society - 306th Bomb Group * 306th
Bomb Group Historical Association * The
306th Bombardment Group Museum
10 airmen.
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