"Den 9. oktober 1943 angreb USAAF med 378 4-motorede bombefly flyfabrikker i den østlige del af Polen og Østpreussen, samt havnefaciliteter i Gdynia (her)
og Danzig (Gdansk her). Både på udturen og hjemturen passerede formationerne Danmark, hvor tyske jagermaskiner angreb bomberne." (FAF)
På hjemturen blev B17 42-3554 angrebet af tyske jagere. 5 flyvere sprang ud inden flyet eksploderede i luften omkring her 16 km syd sydvest for Blåvandshuk
den 9. oktober 1943 kl. 16.45. (Kilde: AOD)

Ball Turret Gunner T/Sgt Glenn H. Winch, Left Waist Gunner S/Sgt James D. Batson, Right Waist Gunner S/Sgt Ralph S. Martinez, Tail Gunner S/Sgt
Walter J. Zimmerman og Radio Operator T/Sgt John D. Neville overlevede som fortalt i AOD. De sprang ud med faldskærm og blev samlet op fra havet.
De blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

Walter J. Zimmerman fra Pennsylvania blev sendt til Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf nær Krems i Østrig. (Kilde: AAD)
2 flyvere fra B17 42-3554 blev begravet i Danmark, 3 har ingen kendt grav og 5 blev krigsfanger.
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 Preussia together with harbour facilities in Gdynia (here) and
Danzig (Gdansk here) 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) On the return flight B17 42-3554 was attacked by German fighters. 5 airmen bailed out before the plane exploded in the air about here 10 miles
south south west of Blåvandshuk on 9 October 1943 at 16.45 hours. (Source: AOD)

Ball Turret Gunner T/Sgt Glenn H. Winch, Left Waist Gunner S/Sgt James D. Batson, Right Waist Gunner S/Sgt Ralph S. Martinez, Tail Gunner S/Sgt
Walter J. Zimmerman and Radio Operator T/Sgt John D. Neville survived. They bailed out and were picked up from the sea as told in AOD.
They were taken to German POW-Camps.

Walter J. Zimmerman from Pennsylvania was taken to Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 (Source: AAD)
2 airmen from B17 42-3554 were buried in Denmark, 3 have no known grave and 5 became Prisoners of War.

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.
It took off from RAF Podington - USAAF Station 109. Also Lester Schrenk was in Podington. This B-17 was from 326th BS, 92nd BG, 40th CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. See 92nd Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 92nd USAAF-USAF Memorial Association. 10 airmen.