Milt I. Ross     Updated: 15 NOV 2019  Photo: 30 MAY 2016Ross

Airman: u014298.htm Surname: Ross Init: M I Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 360

P_link: p356.htm Plane: B17 42-37841 Operation: Attack DK Crash_site: Hit over Esbjerg

Crash_d: d270844 Buried_d: b310844 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg and Luxembourg 1

"Den 27. august 1944 udsendtes 1200 amerikanske bombefly mod Berlin, men på grund af ugunstige vejrforhold over Nordtyskland angreb en del af de udsendte
fly andre mål på Kontinentet. Et af disse mål var Esbjerg flyveplads, hvor ca. 60 B-17 fly
nedkastede mere end 200 bomber, hvilket gjorde flyvepladsen ubrugelig i resten af krigen." (FAF) Den gamle Esbjerg flyveplads lå i området omkring dette punkt.
Nu er det en del af byen Esbjerg. (Kilde: Søren Diers) Se  Farlige jagere*Informationstavle her om Esbjerg Flyveplads*Luftalarmer i Esbjerg*Google Map Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944*Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944

 B17 42-37841 blev ramt over Esbjerg, måske over flyvepladsen, så en del af halen med
Sgt (Tail Gunner) Milt I. Ross brækkede af. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 31. august 1944. (Kilder: AOD og register fra Fovrfeld Gravlund)

S/Sgt (Tail Gunner) Milt I. Ross blev som alle andre amerikanske flyvere begravet i Esbjerg taget hjem den 30. april 1948. (Kilde: FAF)
Nu er han begravet på Luxembourg American Cemetery, Plot D Row 1 Grave 5.
Han kom i tjenesten fra Wyoming. Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (ABMC)

Lt Hallum klarede at flyve maskinen tilbage til England. Nær Middlesham gav han besætningen
ordre til at springe ud og lod maskinen styrte. Den klarede 97 togter!
8 flyvere overlevede. (Kilde: Mission Report Nr. 233) Se også Foto af besætningen.

Mistet under denne mission: B17 43-37629*B17 42-37841 / Pilot Hallum*P51 43-25049*
P51 44-13733*P51 44-13951*P51 44-13991*P51 42-106480. (Kilde: AOD)

Se B-17 Flyvende Fæstning * B17 i airmen.dk * tegning af besætningen på en B-17. 9 flyvere.

"On 27 August 1944 1200 American bombers were to target Berlin, but due to unfavourable weather conditions over North Germany some of the dispatched planes attacked other targets on
the Continent. One of these targets was Esbjerg Airfield where about 60 B-17s dropped more than 200 bombs which made the airfield useless for the rest of the war." (FAF)
The old Esbjerg Airfield was in the area around this point. Now it is a part of the town of Esbjerg.
(Source: Søren Diers) See also Google Map Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944 and Esbjerg 27 AUG 1944.

B17 42-37841 was hit over Esbjerg, maybe over the airfield here, so that a part of the tail with Sgt (Tail Gunner) Milt I. Ross broke off. He was buried in Esbjerg on
31 August 1944. (Sources: AOD and register from the cemetery Fovrfeld Gravlund)

S/Sgt (Tail Gunner) Milt I. Ross was like all other American airmen buried in Esbjerg taken home on 30 April 1948. (Source: FAF)
Now he is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery, Plot D Row 1 Grave 5. Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.
He entered the Service from Wyoming. (Source: ABMC)
Lt Hallum managed to fly the plane back to England. Near Middlesham he ordered the crew to bail out and let the B-17 crash. The B-17 was on its 97th mission!
8 airmen survived. (Source: Mission Report No. 233) See also Crew Photo.

Lost on this mission: B17 43-37629 * B17 42-37841 / Pilot Hallum * P51 43-25049 * P51 44-13733 * P51 44-13951 * P51 44-13991 * P51 42-106480. (Source: AOD)
This B-17 belonged to 360 BS, 303 BG, 41 CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of USAAF. It took off from RAF Molesworth - USAAF Station 107.
See 303rd Bomb Group Heavy with the Mission Report No. 233 of Aug 27, 1944 about this crew. See also B17s in airmen.dk and a drawing of the crew of a B-17.
9 airmen.