B 17F 42-5907 - The North Sea                                                             Updated: 17 AUG 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777592.htm Boyd A S S/Sgt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777595.htm Collinsworth L S/Sgt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
u050044.htm Fuller W H 1stLt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 b110943 c050.htm Lemvig
e667033.htm Haminski F W 2ndLt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 e667 e667.htm USA
e777594.htm Lattieri M J S/Sgt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777590.htm le Brun P L T/Sgt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777591.htm McClure W H T/Sgt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777589.htm Ritchie W H 1stLt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777588.htm Scanlon T J 2ndLt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET
e777593.htm Watson H M T/Sgt USAAF 563 p192.htm B17 425907 Bomb G The North Sea d250743 e777n e777n.htm NO - NET


Den 25. juli 1943 styrtede B17 42-5907 i Nordsøen på hjemturen fra et bombetogt mod Westrow. Hele besætningen omkom.

1 flyver fra B17 42-5907 blev begravet i Lemvig og 1 er nu begravet i USA. 8 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

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 25 July 1943 B17 42-5907 crashed into the North Sea on the return flight from a bombing raid on Westrow. All of the crew perished.

1 airman from B17 42-5907 was buried in Lemvig and 1 is now buried in the USA. 8 airmen have no known grave.

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

B17 42-5907 was from 563 BS, 388 Bomb Group, 45 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. See 388th Bomb Group Association.
This B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Knettishall - USAAF Station 136.

10 airmen.