Marco J. Zumbolo Updated: 26 FEB 2015
Airman: u003029.htm Surname: Zumbolo Init: M J Rank: T/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 561
P_link: p268.htm Plane: B17 42-39894 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Brahesholm, 1 km N
Crash_d: d200244 Buried_d: b240244 C_link: c003.htm At_Next: Assens
"Ved middagstid den 20. februar 1944
blev en amerikansk B-17 bomber angrebet af tyske jagere. Flyet, der var på vej
til Poznan (her) i Polen, eksploderede
i luften
og styrtede ned
(her)
ved Brahesholm,
nordøst for Assens. Der var 10 mand ombord." (FAF)
Se en øjenvidneskildring.
Den 24. februar 1944 ved daggry blev der på Assens Kirkegård begravet 6 af de
nævnte flyvere (Cole, Ellis,
Pappalardo, Kelley,
Swanson og Tucker)
og nogle
ligdele som Ukendt amerikansk flyver. (Kilde: AOD og FAF)
Da amerikanernes grave blev tømt i 1948 og indholdet overført til
Ardennes American
Cemetery fandt man der beviser
for at dele
af
Payne, Zumbolo og
White også
havde været begravet i Assens. (Kilde: AOD) Der er intet synligt minde for dem på Assens Kirkegård.
Den 28. april 1948 blev han og andre
Amerikanske flyvere fra Assens flyttet til
Ardennes American
Cemetery i Belgien. (Kilde: FAF)
Hans navn er ikke i registret hos ABMC,
så mest sandsynligt blev han begravet på en privat kirkegård i USA.
"Haleskytten, S/Sgt Andrea
Alcarese, blev hårdt såret indlagt på Assens Sygehus, men senere overflyttet
til Tyskland.
Mindesten på nedstyrtningsstedet (her)."
(FT 85-78-25)
Anders Bjørnvad nævner at 316
B-17 Flyvende
Fæstninger passerede hen over Danmark ved middagstid den dag. Se
Google Map p266-270 20FEB44
Skudt ned over DK: B17 4239894 Brahesholm,
B17 4231126 Bellinge, B17 4237951
Haldagerlille og B17 42-37790 Haarslev. Nødlandet:
B17 4230246 Tirstrup.
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. 10 flyvere.
"At noon on 20 February 1944 an American
B-17 bomber was attacked by German fighters. The plane, heading for Poznan in
Poland
(here),
exploded in the air
and crashed
(here)
at Brahesholm, northeast of
Assens. There were 10 men aboard." (FAF) See an
eye witness account.
At dawn on 24 February 1944 in Assens Cemetery 6
of the airmen
(Cole, Ellis,
Pappalardo, Kelley,
Swanson and Tucker)
were buried and some parts of bodies
were buried as Unknown American Airman. (Source:
AOD and FAF).
When the American graves were emptied in 1948 and the contents
were transferred to
Ardennes American
Cemetery
evidence was found there that
parts of
Payne, Zumbolo and
White had also been buried in Assens. (Source: AOD) There is no memorial to them in Assens New Cemetery.
On 28 April 1948 he and other American airmen
buried in Assens were disinterred and taken to
Ardennes American
Cemetery in BELGIUM. (Source: FAF)
His name
is not in the
ABMC
records, so most likely he was buried in a private cemetery in the U.S.A.
"Tail Gunner, Staff Sergeant
Andrea Alcarese was severely injured taken to Assens
Hospital, but later transferred to Germany.
Memorial stone
at the crash site (here)."
(FT 85-78-25)
316
B-17 Flying Fortresses passed Denmark at noon on
20 February 1944. (Source: Anders Bjørnvad) See
Google Map p266-270 20FEB44.
Shot down over DK: B17 4239894 Brahesholm,
B17 4231126 Bellinge, B17 4237951
Haldagerlille og B17 42-37790 Haarslev. Crash landed:
B17 4230246 Tirstrup.
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.
B17 42-39894
was from 561 BS, 388th Bomb Group,
45 CBW and
3 BD. This B-17
Flying Fortress took off from
RAF Knettishall - USAAF
Station 136.
See also 388th Bombardment Group
Association.
10 airmen.