

Raymond F. Malmfelt
Updated: 20 FEB 2009
Airman: u010003.htm
Surname: Malmfelt Init: R F Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF
Sqdn: 550
P_link: p274.htm
Plane: B17 42-31349 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Dannemare,
Baltic Sea
Crash_d: d240244 Buried_d: b141044
C_link: c010.htm At_Next: Dannemare
1944.
You won the name of a hero in battle. You found peace in foreign ground.
Taken home to the U.S.A. 25.4.1948.
B17 42-31349 styrtede
ned 24. februar 1944 i forbindelse med et bombetogt til
Rostock
her.
"304 B-17 angreb Rostock, og 5 blev skudt ned. Før målet blev formationen
angrebet af to Ju88,
der affyrede raketter ind i formationen. No. 1 motor blev ramt på
B17 42-31349, der nu gled
langsomt ud af formationen.
Yderligere tre tyske jagere angreb flyet og no. 3 motor brød i brand.
Flyet blev
sidst observeret, da det forfulgt af en
Ju88 og en
Me110 gled ned mod et lavere
skydække. Syv udfoldede faldskærme blev observeret." (FT 86-90-20)
Et besætningsmedlem fra dette fly, R.F.
Malmfelt, blev den 14. oktober 1944 fundet inddrevet
ved Østersødiget (Dannemare
Høje
her) og der nedgravet af den tyske værnemagt. "Omkring april 1945" foretog
en præst indvielse af stedet, hvor Sgt Malmfelt lå. En
mindesten skænket af seks borgere fra Nakskov blev senere anbragt på
stedet. Hjemført til USA 1948, nu begravet på
Mount Olivet Cemetery,
Mas-peth, New York, USA. (Kilde: FAF)
Fra
B17 42-31349 blev 1 flyver begravet i Danmark, 1 i
Tyskland og 1 i Belgien. 4 er begravet i USA og 3 har ingen kendt grav.
Se
Tegning af besætningen på
en B-17*Foto
af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk
B-17 Ball Turret,
Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner*B-17
Flyvende Fæstning. 10 flyvere.
B17 42-31349 crashed on 24 February 1944 in connection
with a bombing raid to Rostock
here.
"304 B-17s attacked Rostock, and 5 were shot down. Before the target the
formation was attacked by two
Ju88, which fired
rockets into the formation. No. 1 engine was hit on B17
42-31349, which slowly glided out of the formation. Another three German
fighters attacked the plane, and no. 3 engine caught fire. The plane was last
observed, when it chased by a
Ju88 and a
Me110 glided down to a lower
cloud cover. Seven opened parachutes were observed." (FT 86-90-20)
A crew member from this plane, R.F. Malmfelt, was on 14 October 1944 found
drifted ashore at the Baltic Sea Dike (Dannemare Høje
here) and buried there by the German Wehrmacht." A priest blessed the spot
where Sgt Malmfelt lay and made it consecrated ground "about April 1945". A
memorial stone was donated by 6 citizens of Nakskov
at later placed on the spot. Taken home the USA 1948, now buried in
Mount Olivet Cemetery,
Mas-peth, New York, USA. (Source: FAF)
1 airman from
B17 42-31349 was buried in Denmark, 1 in Germany and 1 in
Belgium. 4 are buried in the USA and 3 have no known grave.
See Drawing of the crew
of a B-17 *
Photo of a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk *
B-17 Ball Turret,
Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
B17 42-31349 was from
550 BS, 385
BG, 93 CBW, 3BD.
385th Bombardment Group. This
B-17
took off
from Great Ashfield -
USAAF Station 138.
385th Bomb Group Memorial Museum *
385th Bomb Group Association.
10 airmen.
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