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Den 9. april 1944 styrtede
B17 42-39936 ned ved Meltofte på Lolland. 
Se 
Google Map p280. 
Det var på hjemturen fra et bombetogt til Poznan (her). 
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver (navne fra MACR - Missing Air Crew Report): 
    
    "Under angreb fra flere FW 190 blev
    flyets to inderste motorer skudt i brand, og den 
    midterste del af kroppen blev også ramt kraftigt, hvorved både navigator 2ndLt  
    William D. Abernathy og left waist gunner Raymond E. Raley omkom. Intercom i flyet var ødelagt, og efter at piloten 
     
    1st Lt Carroll G. Boyd havde fået delvis 
    kontrol over flyet, forlod pilot, 
    copilot 2nd Lt Elmer P. Julius og bombardier 2nd Lt William H. 
    Craighead flyet fra forreste nødluge. Alle tre landede i farvandet 
    syd 
    for Kramnitse og druknede. - "  (FT 86-91-25) 
    
    1st Lt (Pilot) Carroll G. Boyd druknede 
    syd for Kramnitse. Hans lig blev fundet ved Urne Havn den 21. maj 1944. 
    
    (Kilde: AOD) 
    Han blev begravet på Svinø Kirkegård den 22. maj. Han og andre
Amerikanske flyvere fra Svinø blev i 1948 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.
    Se Monument for 46 amerikanske flyvere. 
    
    3 flyvere fra 
    B17 42-39936 blev begravet på Svinø, 1 på Agersø og 1 
    i Dannemare. 1 har ingen kendt grav. 4 blev krigsfanger. 
    Se 
    B-17 Flyvende 
    Fæstning 
    * B17 i airmen.dk * 
    
    tegning af 
    besætningen på en B-17. 
    10 flyvere.   
  On 9 April 1944 
B17 42-39936 crashed near Meltofte on Lolland. 
See 
Google Map p280.
It was on the 
return flight from a bombing raid on Poznan (here). 
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes (names from  MACR - Missing Air Crew 
Report): 
 
"The two inner engines of the plane caught fire after hits from a number of 
attacking FW 190s. 
Also the middle section of the fuselage was heavily hit and navigator  
2ndLt William D. Abernathy and left waist gunner Raymond E. Raley perished. 
The intercom in the plane was destroyed and after the pilot  1st Lt Carroll 
G. Boyd 
had regained some of the control over the plane, he, co-pilot 
2nd Lt Elmer P. Julius and bombardier 2nd Lt William H. Craighead abandoned the plane from the 
front emergency hatch. They landed in the waters south of Kramnitse and drowned. 
" (FT 86-91-25) 
1st Lt (Pilot) Carroll G. Boyd drowned 
south of Kramnitse. His body was found at sea at Urne Harbour on 21 May 1944. (Source: AOD) 
He was buried in Svinø Churchyard on 22 May 1944. Like all other
American airmen buried in Svinø Churchyard he was 
taken to 
Ardennes American 
Cemetery 
in BELGIUM in May 1948.  (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. 
See Monument to 46 American airmen and the map
USAAF with all American airmen buried in Denmark. 
3 airmen from 
B17 42-39936 were buried in Svinø Churchyard, 1 in Agersø 
and 1 in Dannemare Churchyard. 1 has no known grave. 4 became POWs. 
This B-17 was 
from 728 BS,
452 Bomb 
Group (Heavy), 45 CBW, 3 BD. See
452nd Bombardment Group. 
It took off from RAF 
Deopham Green - USAAF Station 142. See also B17s in 
airmen.dk and a 
drawing of the crew of a 
B-17. 
10 airmen. 
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