B 17G 42-37718 - Alstrup, Samsø - Propeller Updated: 08 MAR 2009
Propelblad, 31 kg, fra
B17 42-37718 vist frem
af Kristian Brandt Ladefoged, som var 9 år, da flyet styrtede ned. Hans søster
og han hentede 2 af de
12 propelblade på en B 17. Han så flystyrtet.
Flyet kom fra sydøst under konstant beskydning fra 3 tyske jagerfly.
Pludseligt stallede det og styrtede meget stejlt ned
her hvor der blev et hul svarende til vingefanget lige foran et hus, der
brød i brand. Jagerne dykkede ned og beskød flyet også efter styrtet. Det lykkedes at redde enken ud i sidste øjeblik, men der gik også
ild i Alstrupgaard nord for nedstyrtningsstedet, så gården brændte ned.
Folk i området skyndte sig at redde interessante dele af flyet. En nabo
udstillede et forvredet maskingevær og et propelblad ved sin gård, men da
tyskerne korrekt opfattede det som en provokation, lod de via landbetjenten
manden forstå, at han hellere måtte fjerne det! Se
opsamlet ammunition.
Kristian Brandt Ladefoged har en kalender med en hilsen fra
Miles C. McCormack, som også besøgte Jens Brandt og så
dele fra flyet. Aage Snedker lavede
interview med McCormack og
med Carl A. Groosbeck.
Propeller blade, 31 kg, from B17 42-37718
shown by Kristian Brandt Ladefoged,
who was 9, when the plane crashed. His sister and he fetched 2 of the
12 propeller blades of a B 17. He saw the air crash.
The plane came from south east under constant fire from 3 German fighters. Suddenly
it stalled, went down at a steep angle and hit the ground
here making a hole the size of the
wingspan right in front of a house that caught fire. The fighters dived and shot at the plane also after the crash. The widow was saved at the
last moment, but also Alstrupgaard north of the crash site caught fire and
burned down.
People in the area hastened to save interesting
parts of the plane. A neighbour displayed a twisted machine gun and a propeller
blade at his farm, but as the Germans correctly took it as a provocation, they
let him understand through the local policeman that he had better take it
away! See Ammo from the plane.
Kristian Brandt Ladefoged has a calendar with a
greeting from Miles C. McCormack, who also visited
Jens Brandt and saw parts of the plane. Aage Snedker
made an
interview with Miles C. McCormack and another
interview with Carl A. Groosbeck.