Plane 312 B17 42-31972 - Fliegerhorst Odense

B 17G 42-31972 - Fliegerhorst Odense Updated: 19 JAN 2023

Airman	Surname	Init	Rank	Service	Sqdn	P_link	Plane	Operation	Crash_site	Crash_d	Buried_d	C_link	At_Next
o888289.htm	Baldwin	C J	S/Sgt	USAAF	527	p312.htm	B17 42-31972	Bomb G	Fliegerhorst Odense	d130544	o888	o888.htm	POW
o888291.htm	Carl	J	S/Sgt	USAAF	527	p312.htm	B17 42-31972	Bomb G	Fliegerhorst Odense	d130544	o888	o888.htm	POW
o888288.htm	Claypool	W D	T/Sgt	USAAF	527	p312.htm	B17 42-31972	Bomb G	Fliegerhorst Odense	d130544	o888	o888.htm	POW
o888290.htm	Corey	J	S/Sgt	USAAF	527	p312.htm	B17 42-31972	Bomb G	Fliegerhorst Odense	d130544	o888	o888.htm	POW
o888286.htm	Garth	V J	1stLt	USAAF	527	p312.htm	B17 42-31972	Bomb G	Fliegerhorst Odense	d130544	o888	o888.htm	POW
o888284.htm	McDaniel	S L	2ndLt	USAAF	527	p312.htm	B17 42-31972	Bomb G	Fliegerhorst Odense	d130544	o888	o888.htm	POW
o888285.htm	Schaeffer	J R	2ndLt	USAAF	527	p312.htm	B17 42-31972	Bomb G	Fliegerhorst Odense	d130544	o888	o888.htm	POW
o888287.htm	Tucker	G	T/Sgt	USAAF	527	p312.htm	B17 42-31972	Bomb G	Fliegerhorst Odense	d130544	o888	o888.htm	POW
o888283.htm	Wilds Jr.	J E	1stLt	USAAF	527	p312.htm	B17 42-31972	Bomb G	Fliegerhorst Odense	d130544	o888	o888.htm	POW

"Piloten foretog en nødlanding, hvor flyet blev noget beskadiget. Hele besætningen blev taget til fange af tyskerne to timer senere nær Beldringe." (FT85-79-31)
Alle besætningsmedlemmer blev sendt til Dulag Luft Oberursel. (Kilde: AOD) Mere i p312MACR.

Landingen var midt i området (omkring her ved Lufthavnvej 131, Beldringe, 5270 Odense N) hvor tyskerne et halvt år før var begyndt at bygge det,
der har haft flere navne: Fliegerhorst Odense - Lunde Flyveplads - Beldringe Flyveplads - Beldringe Lufthavn - Odense Lufthavn.

Se Beldringe (Lunde) Flyveplads 1945 og meget mere ved Besættelsesmuseum Fyn. Se også Hans Christian Andersen Airport og Odense Airport.
Se Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk.
9 flyvere.

"The pilot made a crash landing, which damaged the plane. All of the crew were taken prisoners by the Germans two hours later near Beldringe." (FT85-79-31)
All of the crew members were taken to Dulag Luft Oberursel. (Source: AOD) More in p312MACR.

The landing took place at the centre of the area (about here at Lufthavnvej 131, DK-5270 Odense N) where half a year earlier the Germans had started the construction
of what has had several names: Fliegerhorst Odense - Lunde Airfield - Beldringe Airfield - Beldringe Airport - Odense Airport.

See more at Historycentre Beldringe. Also Hans Christian Andersen Airport and Odense Airport.

B17 42-31972 belonged to 527 BS, 379 BG, 41 CBW, 1 BD. This B-17 took off from RAF Kimbolton USAAF Station 117 on a bombing raid to Stettin.
Drawing ot the crew of a B-17. See also Photo of a B-17+ B-17s in airmen.dk.
9 airmen.