Robert William Korff  Photo: AS 25 MAY 2015   Updated:  18 JUN 2015                    1948 -           Ardennes, BELGIUM                       

Airman: u014277.htm Surname: Korff Init: R W Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 339

P_link: p199.htm Plane: B17 42-30394 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: North Sea off G

Crash_d: d280743 Buried_d: b040943 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg

Den 28. juli 1943 nødlandede B17 42-30394 på Nordsøen ud for Tyskland. Tyske jagere havde beskadiget flyet, der var på bombetogt til Oschersleben Airfield.
1 flyver fra B17 42-30394 blev begravet i Kirkeby på Rømø og 1 i Esbjerg, 1 i Belgien og 1 i USA.
6 flyvere overlevede. De blev alle krigsfanger.

Staff Sergeant Robert William Korff var Tail Gunner eller Right Waist Gunner på B17 42-30394.
Den 28. august 1943 blev han fundet drevet ind nær Sønderho (som er her) på Fanø.
Den 4. september 1943 blev han begravet i Esbjerg. (Kilde: FAF og AOD)

Den 30. april 1948 blev han og andre Amerikanske flyvere fra Esbjerg flyttet til
Ardennes American Cemetery i Belgien. (Kilde: FAF)
Kom i tjenesten fra Wisconsin. Begravet i Plot B Row 25 Grave 5.
Hæderstegn:  Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 amerikanske bombefly styrtede i Nordsøen mellem den tyske kyst
og Helgoland den morgen." (Måske omkring her).
De 3 af dem må være B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

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 28 July 1943 B17 42-30394 ditched into the North Sea off Germany. German fighters had damaged the plane on its raid on Oschersleben Airfield.
1 airman from B17 42-30394 was buried in Kirkeby on Rømø and 1 in Esbjerg, 1 in BELGIUM and
1 in the USA. 6 airmen survived. All of them became POWs.

Staff Sergeant Robert William Korff was the Tail Gunner or the Right Waist Gunner of
B17 42-30394. On 28 August 1943 he was found washed ashore near Sønderho (which is here)
on the island of Fanø. On 4 September 1943 he was buried in Esbjerg.

On 30 April 1948 he and other American airmen from Esbjerg were taken to Ardennes American Cemetery in BELGIUM. (Source: FAF)
Entered the Service from: Wisconsin. Buried at: Plot B Row 25 Grave 5. Awards:  Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 USAAF bombers crashed in the North Sea between German Coast and Heligoland that morning." (Maybe about here).
3 of them must be B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

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
339 BS, 96 BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD * 96th Bombardment Group Association. This B-17 took off from RAF Snetterton Heath - USAAF Station 138. 10 airmen.