William A. McCarthy Updated: 26 MAY 2009
Airman: r998112.htm Surname: McCarthy Init: W A Rank: 1stLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 601
P_link: p434.htm Plane: B17 102565 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Returned
Crash_d: d300844 Buried_d: r998 C_link: r998.htm At_Next: RETURNED
Kun 1 flyver fra B17 102565 mistede livet den dag, da resten af besætningen forblev i flyet og returnerede til England! En helt speciel historie:
"Under et bombetogt til Kiel (her)
den 30. august 1944 blev
B17 102565 kl. 16.20 ramt af flak i nærheden af målet.
Navigatøren 2nd Lt D.H. Argubright Resten af besætningen returnerede til England og
overlevede krigen." (FT 85-80-47) Pilot, 1st Lt William A.
McCarthy var heldig. Only 1 airman from B17 102565 lost his life that day, as the rest of the crew stayed in the plane and returned to England! A very special story: "Often it was a matter of chance when a plane was
hit, and the airmen quickly were to decide whether to bail out or stay in the
plane. A wrong decision The MACR (Missing Aircrew Report) says: |