William J. Connell Photo: AS 25 MAY 2015 Updated: 16 AUG 2015 1948 - Ardennes, BELGIUM
Airman: u014278.htm Surname: Connell Init: W J Rank: T/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 338 P_link: p196.htm Plane: B17 42-30401 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: North Sea off G Crash_d: d280743 Buried_d: b170843 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg
Den 28. juli 1943 styrtede
B17 42-30401 i havet nær den tyske kyst efter at være
ramt af en tysk jager. Flyet var på bombetogt til
Oschersleben Airfield.
Technical Sergeant William J. Connell var Engineer på
B17 42-30401. Den 11. august 1943 blev han fundet
drevet ind på Henne Strand (omkring
her). 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 Illinois. Begravet i Plot B Row 39 Grave 22.
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). Se
tegning af besætningen på
en B-17,
Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt
On 28 July 1943
B17 42-30401 crashed into the sea near the German
Coast after it had been hit
Technical Sergeant William J. Connell was the Engineer of
B17 42-30401. On 30 April 1948 he and other
American airmen from Esbjerg were taken to
Ardennes American
Cemetery in BELGIUM. (Source: FAF) MACR p196
B17 42-30401: "4 USAAF bombers crashed in the North
Sea between German Coast and Heligoland that morning." (Maybe
about
here). 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. |