Den 2. oktober 1943 styrtede B17 42-30421 i Nordsøen på tilbagevejen fra et bombetogt til Emden (her). Hele besætningen omkom.

Staff Sergeant John A. Parsons var Radio Operator på B17 42-30421. Den 29. november 1943 blev han fundet drevet ind ved strandlen 12 (omkring her)
nær Thyborøn. Han blev begravet i Lemvig den 3. december 1943. Som andre amerikanske flyvere begravet i Lemvig blev han den 4. maj 1948 gravet op
og overført til Ardennes American Cemetery i Belgien. (Kilde: AOD) Der er intet synligt minde for dem i Lemvig.
Hans navn er ikke i registret hos ABMC, så mest sandsynligt blev han begravet på en privat kirkegård i USA.

1 flyver fra B17 42-30421 blev begravet i Lemvig. 4 blev begravet i Belgien og 3 i USA. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

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 2 October 1943 B17 42-30421 crashed into the North Sea on the return flight from a bombing raid on Emden (here). All of the crew perished.

Staff Sergeant John A. Parsons was the Radio Operator of B17 42-30421. On 29 November 1943 he was found washed ashore in Beach area 12
(about here) near Thyborøn. On 3 December 1943 he was buried in Lemvig. Like other American airmen buried in Lemvig he was disinterred and
taken to Ardennes American Cemetery in BELGIUM on 4 May 1948. (Source: AOD) There is no memorial to them in Lemvig.
His name is not in the ABMC records, so most likely he was buried in a private cemetery in the U.S.A.

1 airman from B17 42-30421 was buried in Lemvig, Denmark. 4 were buried in BELGIUM and 3 in the USA. 2 airmen have no known grave.

B17 42-330421 was from 561 BS, 388th Bomb Group, 45 CBW and 3 BD. 388th BG Assn. This B-17 took off from RAF Knettishall - USAAF Station 136.

B17 42-330421 was from 561 BS, 388 Bombardment Group, 45 CBW and 3 BD. This B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Knettishall - USAAF Station 136.

10 airmen.