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.
Hele besætningen omkom. (Kilde: FAF og AOD)

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 17. august 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 Illinois. Begravet i Plot B Row 39 Grave 22. Hæderstegn:  Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

1 flyver fra B17 42-30401 blev begravet i Esbjerg, 1 i Kirkeby på Rømø og 1 i USA. 7 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. (6 mindet i CAMBRIDGE, 1 i NETHERLANDS)

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 42-30401 crashed into the sea near the German Coast after it had been hit
by fire from a German fighter. The plane was on a bombing raid on Oschersleben A/F. All of the crew perished. (Source: FAF, AOD and MACR)

Technical Sergeant William J. Connell was the Engineer of B17 42-30401.
On 11 August 1943 he was found washed ashore on Henne Strand (about  here).
On 17 August 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: Illinois. Buried at: Plot B Row 39 Grave 22. Awards:  Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

1 airman from B17 42-30401 was buried in Esbjerg, 1 in Kirkeby, Rømø, and 1 in the U.S.A. 7 airmen have no known grave. (6 CAM, 1 NET)

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.
338 BS, 96 Bomb Group, 45 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. This B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Snetterton Heath - USAAF Station 138. 10 airmen.