Den 29. juli 1943 om formiddagen blev B17 42-3084 ramt af en tysk jager efter at have passeret målområdet Kiel (som er her).
MACR om hele operationen fra 1st Wing: "207,9 tons bomber kastet over skibsværfterne og 767.000 propagandablade kastet ud."

Lt R. L. Alexander blev reddet fra havet af tyskerne. Han blev ført til Stalag Luft III Sagan og Stalag Nuremburg-Langwasser. (Kilde: AOD)

Lieutenant Robert L. Alexander var Bombardier på B17 42-3084. (Kilde: AOD)

1 flyver fra B17 42-3084 blev begravet i Esbjerg, Danmark, 1 i Belgien, 1 i USA og 6 har ingen kendt grav (5 NET - 1 CAM). 1 flyver blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se Tegning af besætningen på en B-17*Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk*B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner*B-17 Flyvende Fæstning. 10 flyvere.

On 29 July 1943 before noon B17 42-3084 was hit by a German fighter after it had been over the target area of Kiel (which is here).

MACR about all of the operation of 1st Wing: "207.9 tons of bombs dropped over the shipyards and 767.000 propaganda leaflets unloaded."

Lt R. L. Alexander was rescued from the sea by the Germans. He was taken to Stalag Luft III Sagan and Stalag Nuremburg-Langwasser. (Source: AOD)

Lieutenant Robert L. Alexander was the Bombardier of B17 42-3084. (Source: AOD)

1 airman from B17 42-3084 was buried in Denmark, 1 in Belgium, 1 in the USA, and 6 have no known grave (5 NET - 1 CAM). 1 was taken to German POW-Camps.
See 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.

This B-17 was from 367 BS, 306 BG, 40 CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. It took off from RAF Thurleigh - USAAF Station 111 * USAAF Thurleigh Airfield.
See Eighth Air Force Historical Society - 306th Bomb Group * 306th Bomb Group Historical Association * The 306th Bombardment Group Museum. 10 airmen.