B 17 - Hit over the Baltic Sea                                                             Updated: 08 AUG 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
u113154.htm Liming M E 2ndLt USAAF 532 p234.htm B17 Bomb G Hit over Baltic Sea d091043 b101143 c113.htm Aabenraa
e667007.htm Morgan J B 2ndLt USAAF 532 p234.htm B17 Bomb G Hit over Baltic Sea d091043 e667 e667.htm USA
o888200.htm Taormina A P 2ndLt USAAF 532 p234.htm B17 Bomb G Hit over Baltic Sea d091043 o888 o888.htm POW
o888199.htm Teal Jr G T/Sgt USAAF 532 p234.htm B17 Bomb G Hit over Baltic Sea d091043 o888 o888.htm POW
r998002.htm Winter D Lt USAAF 532 p234.htm B17 Bomb G Hit over Baltic Sea d091043 r998 r998.htm RETURNED


Den 9. oktober 1943 blev dette fly i forbindelse med et bombetogt til  Anklam ramt over Østersøen. Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Liming samt navigator, bombardier og
top turret gunner sprang ud med faldskærm, men Lt Winter klarede at slukke ilden og bringe sit fly sikkert tilbage til England. (Kilde: p234MACR)

Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Max E. Liming blev fundet den 7. november 1943 ved Lysabild Skov (her) på Als. Begravelsen i Aabenraa foregik den 10. november 1943. (Kilde: FAF)
Efter krigen blev hans lig gravet op og ført til Belgien, hvor han blev begravet på Ardennes American Cemetery.

Bombardier 2nd Lt John B. Morgan formodes nu at være begravet i USA. (Kilde: AOD)
Navigator 2nd Lt Anthony P. Taormina og Top Turret Gunner T/Sgt Gordon Teal blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre. (Kilde: AOD)
Se Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk og B-17 Flyvende Fæstning.

5 flyvere. Navnene på resten af besætningsmedlemmerne ses ikke. 381st Bomb Group, Lost Crews: Note, 4 flyvere: Sprang ud over målet. Flyet vendte tilbage.

On 9 October 1943 this plane was hit over the Baltic Sea in connection with a bombing raid on  Anklam. Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Liming, the navigator, the
bombardier and the top turret gunner bailed out, but Lt Winter managed to extinguish the fire and bring his aircraft safely back to England. (Source: p234MACR)

On 7 November 1943 Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Max E. Liming was found at Lysabild Skov (here) on Als. On 10 November 1943 he was buried in Aabenraa. (Source: FAF)
After the war his body was disinterred and taken to Belgium where he was buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery.

 Bombardier 2nd Lt John B. Morgan is now believed to be buried in the USA. (Source: AOD)
Navigator 2nd Lt Anthony P. Taormina and Top Turret Gunner T/Sgt Gordon Teal were taken to German POW-Camps. (Source: AOD)

See Photo of a B-17+ B-17s in airmen.dk. This B-17 from 532 Bombardment Squadron, 381 BG, now 381st Training Group, took off from
RAF Ridgewell - USAAF Station 167.
See also 532 BS, 381 BG, 1 CBW, 1 BD of the 8 AF * 381st Bomb Group "The Original Group Site" and 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association.
5 airmen. The names of the other crew members are not seen. 381st Bomb Group, Lost Crews: Note, 4 airmen: Bailed out over target. Ship returned.