Den 9. oktober 1943 kl. 13.45 styrtede
B17 42-29711 i Østersøen 7 til 8 sømil øst for
Gedser Odde (omkring
her).
(Kilde: MACR)
"Den 9. oktober 1943 passerede store styrker amerikanske bombere over Danmark på
vej til og fra bombemål i Østpreussen, Danzig, Polen og den østlige
del af Tyskland. Et B-17 fly udsendt mod Anklam (her)
nedstyrtede denne dag i Østersøen. Hele besætningen omkom." (FAF)
First Lieutenant Charles B. Pinning var
Pilot på
B17 42-29711.
Han drev ind 4 km nord for Gedser Fyr (omkring
her). Han
blev begravet på Svinø Kirkegård den 12. oktober 1943. (Sources: MACR and FAF).
I 1948 blev han og andre
Amerikanske flyvere fra Svinø flyttet til
Ardennes American
Cemetery i Belgien. (Kilde: FAF)
Hans navn er ikke i registret hos ABMC,
så mest sandsynligt blev han begravet på en privat kirkegård i USA.
5 flyvere fra
B17 42-29711 blev begravet på Svinø Kirkegård. 2 blev
begravet i Sverige og 3 har ingen kendt grav.
Se
Tegning af besætningen på
en B-17*Foto
af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk*B-17
Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner*B-17
Flyvende Fæstning. 10 flyvere.
On 9 October 1943 at 1345 hours
B17 42-29711 crashed into the Baltic Sea 7 to 8 nautical
miles east of Gedser Head (about
here). (Source:
MACR)
"On 9 October 1943 great formations of American bombers flew over Denmark to or
from targets for bombing raids in East Preussia, Danzig (Gdansk), Poland
and the eastern part of Germany. This day a B-17 targeting Anklam (here)
crashed into the Baltic Sea. All of the crew perished." (FAF)
First Lieutenant Charles B. Pinning was
the Pilot of
B17 42-29711.
He was washed ashore 4 km north of Gedser Lighthouse (about
here). He
was buried in Svinø Churchyard on 12 October 1943. (Sources: MACR and FAF).
In 1948 he and other
American airmen from Svinø were taken to
Ardennes American
Cemetery in BELGIUM. (Source: FAF) His name
is not in the
ABMC
records,
so most likely he was buried in a private cemetery in the U.S.A.
5 airmen from
B17 42-29711 were buried in Svinø Churchyard. 2 were
buried in Sweden and 3 have no known grave.
See
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.
This B-17 was from
322 BS, 91
BG, 1 CBW, 1 BD of the 8 AF. It took off from
RAF Bassingbourn
which was used by
91st Bombardment Group (Heavy).
See the website of 91st Bomb Group (H)
with 1943
Dailies of the 322nd Squadron and
Photo of
Pinning's Crew of Chief Sly III and details.
10 airmen.
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