Den 28. juli 1943 nødlandede B17 42-30394 på Nordsøen ud for Tyskland. Tyske jagere havde beskadiget flyet, der var på bombetogt til Oschersleben Airfield.
1 flyver fra B17 42-30394 blev begravet i Kirkeby på Rømø og 1 i Esbjerg, 1 i Belgien og 1 i USA. 6 flyvere overlevede. De blev alle krigsfanger.

2nd Lieutenant Douglas D. Johnson var Navigator på B17 42-30394. Han og 5 andre flyvere overlevede 6 timer i vandet. (Kilde: AOD)
Han blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre. Hans navn er ikke i databasen WWII POWs.

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 amerikanske bombefly styrtede i Nordsøen mellem den tyske kyst og Helgoland den morgen." (Måske omkring her).
De 3 af dem må være B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

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 28 July 1943 B17 42-30394 ditched into the North Sea off Germany. German fighters had damaged the plane on its raid on Oschersleben Airfield.
1 airman from B17 42-30394 was buried in Kirkeby on Rømø and 1 in Esbjerg, 1 in BELGIUM and 1 in the USA. 6 airmen survived. All of them became POWs.

2nd Lieutenant Douglas D. Johnson was the Navigator of B17 42-30394. He and 5 other airmen survived 6 hours in the water. (Source: AOD)
He was taken to German POW-Camps. His name is not in the database WWII POWs.

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 USAAF bombers crashed in the North Sea between German Coast and Heligoland that morning." (Maybe about here).
3 of them must be B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

See a drawing of the crew of a B-17 * Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk * B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner

339 BS, 96 BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD * 96th Bombardment Group Association. This B-17 took off from RAF Snetterton Heath - USAAF Station 138. 10 airmen.