William O. Heller Updated: 13 JAN 2015 Airman: u014281.htm Surname: Heller Init: W O Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 427 P_link: p236.htm Plane: B17 42-5221 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The Baltic Sea Crash_d: d091043 Buried_d: b111111 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg
Under et bombetogt til Anklam (her) i Tyskland den 9. oktober 1943 styrtede en ”Flyvende Fæstning” B17 42-5221 i Østersøen syd for Lolland, måske omkring her. Tilsyneladende omkom hele besætningen, 10 mand. Flyets haleskytte, W.O. Heller, blev begravet i Esbjerg. Usikker begravelsesdato. Kan evt. være drevet ind et sted på Jyllands østkyst. (Kilde: FAF)
Den 30. april 1948 blev han og andre amerikanske
flyvere begravet i Esbjerg ført til
Ardennes American
Cemetery. (Kilde: FAF)
7 flyvere fra
B17 42-5221 har ingen kendt grav. 1 blev begravet i
Tyskland, 1 i Rødby og 1 i Esbjerg. Alle 3 blev senere flyttet til Belgien eller
USA.
During a bombing raid to Anklam (here) in Germany on 9 October 1943 a ”Flying Fortress” B17 42-5221 crashed in the Baltic Sea south of Lolland, maybe about here. Apparently all of the crew, 10 men, perished. The Tail Gunner W.O. Heller was buried in Esbjerg. Uncertain date of burial. May have drifted in somewhere on the east coast of Jutland. (Source: FAF) On 30 April 1948 he and other American airmen buried in Esbjerg were disinterred and taken to Ardennes American Cemetery. (Source: FAF) See the map USAAF - American airmen buried in Denmark. His name is not in the ABMC records, so most likely he was buried in a private cemetery in the U.S.A.
7 airmen from
B17 42-5221 have no known grave. 1 was buried in Germany,
1 in Rødby and 1 in Esbjerg. All 3 of them were later moved to Belgium or the USA. |