B 24H 42-52569 - Saksfjedgård, Lolland Updated: 07 AUG 2021
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
o888240.htm | Gore | E H | T/Sgt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
u096076.htm | Horton | G | Sgt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | b110444 | c096.htm | Svinø |
o888241.htm | Johnson | R A | Sgt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
u096077.htm | Kayser | F E | Sgt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | b110444 | c096.htm | Svinø |
o888235.htm | Marsh | R A | 2ndLt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
o888239.htm | Olson | D C | S/Sgt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
u096078.htm | Sambol | ZLW | Sgt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | b110444 | c096.htm | Svinø |
o888236.htm | Spitler | W T | 2ndLt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
o888237.htm | Taft | A J | 2ndLt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
o888238.htm | Tellez | F A | 2ndLt | USAAF | 786 | p281.htm | B24 42-52569 | Bomb G | Saksfjedgård, Loll. | d090444 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
Den 9. april 1944 kl. 11:15
nødlandede B24 42-52569 ved Saksfjedgård på Lolland, hvor
dette
monument
blev afsløret
her den 5. maj 1946. Se Informationstavle En enkelt (Sgt, Tail Gunner Gerrard Horton) hang fast i flyet. Han kom først fri 100 m over jorden og blev dræbt i faldet. To skytter (Sgt, Right Waist Gunner Forest E. Kayser og Sgt, Left Waist Gunner Zvonimir Sambol) blev muligvis dræbt under angrebet, eller da flyet umiddelbart efter nødlandingen brød i brand. 5 sårede (2nd Lt, Bombardier William T. Spitler, 2nd Lt, Pilot Albert J. Taft, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot Fernando A. Tellez, S/Sgt, Radio Operator Donald C. Olson og Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner Richard A. Johnson) søgte hjælp i et hus ved Hyldtofte, og en ambulance bragte dem senere til hospitalet.
De to øvrige besætningsmedlemmer (2nd Lt, Navigator Robert A. Marsh og T/Sgt
Edward H. Gore) blev kort efter taget til fange af tyskerne." (FT 86-90-21)
(Navne fra AOD, der har mere.) Se p281MACR.
One airman (Sgt, Tail Gunner Gerrard Horton) got caught by the plane. He did not get away from it until 100 m off the ground. He was killed on impact. Two gunners (Sgt, Right Waist Gunner Forest E. Kayser and Sgt, Left Waist Gunner Zvonimir Sambol) were possibly killed during the attack, or when the plane caught fire immediately after the crash landing. 5 injured airmen (2nd Lt, Bombardier William T. Spitler, 2nd Lt, Pilot Albert J. Taft, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot Fernando A. Tellez, S/Sgt, Radio Operator Donald C. Olson and Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner Richard A. Johnson) asked for help in a house at Hyldtofte. Later an ambulance took them to a hospital. 2 airmen ((2nd Lt, Navigator Robert A. Marsh and T/Sgt Edward H. Gore) were shortly after captured by the Germans." (FT 86-90-21) (Names from AOD, which has more.) The 3 deceased airmen were buried in Svinø
Churchyard on 11 April 1944. This B-24 belonged to 786 BS, 466 BG, 96 CBW, 2 BD, 8 AF. It took off from RAF Attlebridge - USAAF Station 120. See p281MACR. 10 airmen. |