"Den
27. august 1944 udsendtes 1200 amerikanske bombefly mod Berlin, men på grund af
ugunstige vejrforhold over Nordtyskland angreb en del af de udsendte
fly andre
mål på Kontinentet. Et af disse mål var Esbjerg flyveplads, hvor ca. 60 B-17 fly
nedkastede mere end 200 bomber, hvilket gjorde flyvepladsen ubrugelig i
resten af krigen." (FAF) Den gamle Esbjerg flyveplads lå i
området
omkring dette punkt. Nu er det en del af byen Esbjerg. (Kilde: Søren Diers)
Se også
Farlige jagere *
Informationstavle
her
om Esbjerg Flyveplads *
Luftalarmer i Esbjerg *
Google Map Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944
*
Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944.
B17 42-37841 blev ramt over Esbjerg, måske over
flyvepladsen, så en del af halen med Sgt (Tail Gunner) Milt I. Ross brækkede af. Han
blev begravet i Esbjerg
den 31. august 1944. (Kilder: AOD og register fra Fovrfeld Gravlund)
Lt Hallum klarede at flyve maskinen tilbage til
England. Nær Middlesham gav han besætningen ordre til at springe ud og lod
maskinen styrte. Den klarede 97 togter!
2nd Lt (Pilot) Bertrand C. Hallum
og 7 andre flyvere overlevede. (Kilde:
Mission Report Nr.
233) Se
også Foto af besætningen
og
Pilot Hallum.
Mistet under denne mission: B17 43-37629*B17 42-37841
/
Pilot Hallum*P51 43-25049*P51
44-13733*P51 44-13951*P51
44-13991*P51 42-106480. (Kilde: AOD)
Se
B-17 Flyvende
Fæstning
* B17 i airmen.dk *
tegning af besætningen på
en B-17. 9 flyvere.
"On 27 August 1944 1200 American bombers
were to target Berlin, but due to unfavourable weather conditions over North
Germany some of the dispatched
planes attacked other targets on the Continent. One of these targets was Esbjerg Airfield where about 60 B-17s dropped more than 200 bombs which made the airfield useless
for the rest of the war." (FAF) The old Esbjerg Airfield was in
the area around
this point. Now it is a part of the town of Esbjerg. (Source: Søren Diers)
See also Air-raid warnings in Esbjerg and
Google Map Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944
and
Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944.
B17 42-37841 was hit over Esbjerg, maybe over the
airfield,
so that a part of the tail with Sgt (Tail Gunner) Milt I. Ross broke off. He was
buried in Esbjerg on
31 August 1944. (Sources: AOD and register from the cemetery Fovrfeld Gravlund)
Lt Hallum managed to fly the plane back to
England. Near Middlesham he ordered the crew to bail out and let the B-17 crash.
The B-17 was on its 97th mission!
2nd Lt (Pilot) Bertrand C. Hallum and 7 others survived. (Source:
Mission Report No.
233) See
his own words in Reflections on
Being a Pilot in WWII.
Pilot Hallum.
Lost on this mission: B17 43-37629 *
B17 42-37841
/
Pilot Hallum * P51 43-25049 * P51
44-13733 * P51 44-13951 * P51
44-13991 * P51 42-106480. (Source: AOD)
This
B-17 belonged to
360 BS, 303
BG, 41 CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of USAAF. It took off from RAF Molesworth
- USAAF Station 107.
See 303rd Bomb Group Heavy with the
Mission Report No.
233 of Aug
27, 1944. See Crew Photo
and Reflections on
Being a Pilot in WWII by Bert Hallum. See also B17s in airmen.dk and a
drawing of the crew of a
B-17.
9 airmen.
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