B 17F 42-30606 - Rømø                                                                         Updated: 10 AUG 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888515.htm Badeaux M J Sgt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW
o888517.htm Bentley J F Sgt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW
o888516.htm Coving S J S/Sgt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW
o888512.htm Johnson O W 2ndLt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW
o888519.htm Korba S J Sgt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW
o888511.htm McFadden E R 2ndLt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW
o888514.htm Neuhauser L W Sgt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW
o888518.htm Pahl A L S/Sgt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW
o888513.htm Passin S 2ndLt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW
o888510.htm Tucker Jr. C E 2ndLt USAAF 367 p251.htm B17 42-30606 Bomb G Rømø d040144 o888 o888.htm POW


Den 4. januar 1944 mavelandede B17 42-30606 "El Diablo" på den sydlige del af Rømø (omkring her) i forbindelse med et bombetogt til Kiel. (p251MACR)
MACR: "El Diablo" i kamp med tyske jagere og tvunget til at lande." 
Besætningen overlevede. De 10 flyvere prøvede at slippe væk, men de blev taget til fange af tyskerne og ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17 fra siden B-17 Flying Fortress. En side på dansk: B-17 Flyvende Fæstning.
Også Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 10 flyvere.

On 4 January 1944 B17 42-30606 made a belly landing on the southern part of Rømø (about here) in connection with a bombing raid on Kiel. (p251MACR)
MACR: "El Diablo" in combat with German fighters and forced to land."
The crew survived. The 10 airmen tried to get away, but they were captured by the Germans and taken to German POW-Camps.

See B-17 Flying Fortress, the queen of the skies and a drawing of its crew.
Also Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.

This B-17 was from 367 BS, 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 40 CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. It took off from RAF Thurleigh/USAAF Station 111.
See 306th Bomb Group Historical Association * The 306th Bombardment Group Museum
10 airmen.