Den 26. juli 1943 kl. 14.43 blev et amerikansk bombefly skudt ned over Helgolands-bugten (omkring her). Kun 1 flyver overlevede. (Kilde: FAF)

Staff Sergeant Howard B. Battise var Ball Turret Gunner på B17 42-30450. Den 29. august 1943 blev han fundet skyllet ind ved Vedsted (omkring her).
Den 12. september 1943 blev han begravet i Esbjerg. Den 30. juli 1948 blev han og andre Amerikanske flyvere fra Esbjerg flyttet til
Ardennes American Cemetery i Belgien. (Kilder: FAF og AOD)
Hans navn er ikke i registret hos ABMC, så mest sandsynligt blev han begravet på en privat kirkegård i USA.

2 flyvere fra B17 42-30450 blev begravet i Lemvig og 1 i Esbjerg. 2 blev begravet i Belgien og 4 har ingen kendt grav. 1 flyver blev krigsfange.

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.

On 26 July 1943 at 14.43 hours an American bomber was shot down over the Bay of Heligoland (about here). Only 1 airman survived. (Source: FAF)

Staff Sergeant Howard B. Battise was the Ball Turret Gunner of B17 42-30450. On 29 August 1943 he was found washed ashore near Vedsted (about here).
On 12 September 1943 he was buried in Esbjerg. On 30 July 1948 he and other American airmen from Esbjerg were taken to
Ardennes American Cemetery in BELGIUM. (Sources: FAF and AOD)
His name is not in the ABMC records, so most likely he was buried in a private cemetery in the U.S.A.

2 airmen from B17 42-30450 were buried in Lemvig and 1 in Esbjerg. 2 were buried in BELGIUM and 4 have no known grave. 1 airman became a POW.

See a 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.

333 BS, 94 BG, 4 BW, 3 BD, 8 AF. See 94th Bomb Group. It took off from RAF Rougham - USAAF Station 468.

10 airmen.