B 17G 42  107082 - Store Heddinge                                                      Updated: 07 AUG 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888223.htm Anderson E W T/Sgt USAAF 526 p311.htm B17 107082 Bomb G Store Heddinge d130544 o888 o888.htm POW
o888216.htm Ayres E G S/Sgt USAAF 526 p311.htm B17 107082 Bomb G Store Heddinge d130544 o888 o888.htm POW
o888220.htm Churchill Jr. W H 2ndLt USAAF 526 p311.htm B17 107082 Bomb G Store Heddinge d130544 o888 o888.htm POW
o888222.htm Dunn Jr. R M 1stLt USAAF 526 p311.htm B17 107082 Bomb G Store Heddinge d130544 o888 o888.htm POW
o888217.htm Fode J S/Sgt USAAF 526 p311.htm B17 107082 Bomb G Store Heddinge d130544 o888 o888.htm POW
o888218.htm Jensen H D 2ndLt USAAF 526 p311.htm B17 107082 Bomb G Store Heddinge d130544 o888 o888.htm POW
o888219.htm Krassner G 2ndLt USAAF 526 p311.htm B17 107082 Bomb G Store Heddinge d130544 o888 o888.htm POW
o888215.htm Miller J T S/Sgt USAAF 526 p311.htm B17 107082 Bomb G Store Heddinge d130544 o888 o888.htm POW
o888221.htm Whitelaw J T T/Sgt USAAF 526 p311.htm B17 107082 Bomb G Store Heddinge d130544 o888 o888.htm POW


"272 B-17 fra 1 BD fløj til Stettin (her) og Stralsund (her), og 10 gik tabt. Under returflyvningen blev formationen angrebet af tyske jagere, og 42  107082 gled
ud af formationen med venstre vinge i brand og to kantstillede motorer. Kl. 15.30 gav piloten, 1st Lt Robert M. Dunn Jr., ordre til at forlade flyet, og alle 9 besætningsmedlemmer sprang ud med faldskærm. Alle landede uskadt ved Gingst (her) på Rügen og blev kort efter taget til fange af tyskerne, der dog ikke
kunne finde flyvraget. Efter nærmere undersøgelser konkluderede tyskerne, at flyet var fortsat ud over Østersøen og eksploderet i luften.

Flyet var ganske rigtigt fortsat ud over Østersøen, men videre helt op til Stevns, hvor man kl. 17.30 kunne høre motorlarm fra et fly, der kredsede over skydækket.
Flyet kredsede i ca.1 time, medens det langsomt tabte højde. Kl. 18.28 brød flyet gennem skydækket." (FT 88-40-27)
B17 42107082 havde kurs mod Bjælkerup (her), da det ramte en elmast og ændrede retning. Det ramte et depot hus og til sidst det nordvestlige hjørne af Store
Heddinge sygehus her ved Bjælkerupvej 32, 4660 Store Heddinge uden tab af menneske liv. (Kilde: FT 88-40-27) Se fotos af skader på bygningen.
Se også Stevns Lokalarkiv om Flystyrt ved Store Heddinge Sygehus 1944.

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. Mere i p311MACR. 9 flyvere.

"272 B-17s from 1 BD flew to Stettin (here) and Stralsund (here), and 10 were lost. The formation was attacked by German fighters on the return flight, and
42  107082 slid out of the formation with the left wing on fire and two feathered engines. Pilot, 1st Lt Robert M. Dunn Jr. gave the order to abandon the plane at
15:30, and all 9 crew members bailed out. All of them landed unhurt at Gingst (here) on Rügen (in Germany), and they were soon captured by the Germans,
who were unable to find the wreck of the plane. After further investigations the Germans concluded that the plane had continued over the Baltic Sea and had
exploded in the air.

It was quite right that the plane had continued over the Baltic Sea, but it went on to Stevns, where people at 17:30 could hear engine noise from a plane which
circled over the cloud cover. The plane circled about 1 hour, slowly losing altitude. At 18:28 the plane broke through the cloud cover." (FT 88-40-27)
B17 42107082 was heading for Bjælkerup (here), when it hit a pylon and changed its course. It hit a depot house and crashed into the northwestern corner of
Store Heddinge Hospital here at Bjælkerupvej 32, 4660 Store Heddinge without loss of lives. (Source: FT 88-40-27) See photos of damage on the building.
See also Stevns Lokalarkiv about Air crash at Store Heddinge Hospital 1944 with photos.

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.
This B-17 belonged to 526 BS, 379 BG, 41 CBW, 1 BD. It took off from RAF Kimbolton - USAAF Station 117  More in p311MACR.  9 airmen.