"Den 9. oktober 1943 angreb USAAF med 378 4-motorede bombefly flyfabrikker i den østlige del af Polen og Østpreussen, samt havnefaciliteter i Gdynia og Danzig. Både på udturen og hjemturen passerede formationerne Danmark, hvor tyske jagermaskiner angreb bomberne." (FAF)

Under en mission til Anklam i Tyskland den 9. oktober 1943 styrtede en ”Flyvende Fæstning” B17 42-30772 i Østersøen.
"Kun to fra besætningen klarede at springe ud med faldskærm, da flyet pludselig gik i mange stykker. Begge overlevende samlet op af tysk redningsfartøj." (MACR)

2nd Lt James A. Fullerton var Bombardier på B17 42-30772. Han var den ene af de to overlevende.
Han blev sendt til Stalag Luft III Sagan og senere flyttet til Nürnberg-Langwasser (NARA - et amerikansk register).

6 flyvere fra B17 42-30772 har ingen kendt grav - se navne i CAM. 1 blev begravet i Søby og 1 i USA. 2 blev reddet og sendt 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 9 October, 1943 USAAF attacked aircraft factories in the eastern part of Poland and East Prussia together with harbour facilities in Gdynia and Danzig with 378 4-engined bombers. Both on the way out and the way home the formations passed Denmark, where German fighters attacked the bombers." (FAF)

During a bombing raid to Anklam in Germany on 9 October, 1943 a ”Flying Fortress” B17 42-30772 crashed in the Baltic Sea.
"Only two of crew succeeded in bailing out due to the suddenness of plane breaking up. Both survivors picked up by German rescue vessel." (MACR)

2nd Lt James A. Fullerton was the Bombardier of B17 42-30772. He was one of the two survivors.
He was taken to Stalag Luft 3 Sagan - Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) (NARA - AAD)

6 airmen from B17 42-30772 have no known grave - see names at CAM. 1 was buried in Søby and 1 in the USA. 2 were rescued and 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 the 323rd Bomb Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group. See Dailies of 323rd Bomb Squadron. It took off from RAF Bassingbourn. 10 airmen.