Raoul A. de Mars                                                                                                     Updated: 30 JUN 2021

Airman: v999050.htm Surname: de Mars Init: R A Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 339                      See photos of Raoul A. de Mars, 1944 and 1952.

P_link: p295.htm Plane: B17 42-3535 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Varpelev                                See Happy Ending.

Crash_d: d110444 Buried_d: v999 C_link: v999.htm At_Next: EVD

B17 42-3535 nødlandede ved gården "Myrekær" her Myrekærvej 5, 4652  Hårlev den 11. april 1944 på returflyvning fra Poznan her.
Se dansk pressemeddelelse på engelsk Danish Bulletin.

Lige efter nødlandingen her styrtede flyverne 800 m mod øst over til en lille lund her 350 m syd for "Myrekær", mens gårdejer Johan Nissen skyndte sig at harve deres fodspor væk. (Kilde til positioner: Erik Mouritzen og Peer Wolsing) Mere i A TIME TO REMEMBER (pdf) af Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Raoul A. de Mars.
Se fotos af flyet efter nødlandingen og af flyets Co-Pilot. Se
Happy Ending og nogle tabsstatistikker. Dette er om mennesker!

2nd Lt Raoul A. de Mars var Co-Pilot på dette fly af typen Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

Raoul A. de Mars fortæller i A TIME TO REMEMBER historien som han oplevede begivenhederne. Det er meget værdifuldt.
Henning Bencard har nærlæst hans beretning, undersøgt mange detaljer og skrevet
artikel i Årbog 1993 (pdf) fra Historisk Samfund for Præstø Amt.
Gerry Pahl fra Kalamazoo
Air Zoo www.airzoo.org skrev derpå i samarbejde med Henning Bencard Last Flight of B-17 23535 (pdf 4.85 MB) i 1994.
Se mere ved flyet B17 42-3535. Se også p295MACR.

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.

B17 42-3535 crash landed at the farm "Myrekær" here Myrekærvej 5, 4652  Hårlev on 11 April 1944 on the return flight from Poznan here. See Danish Bulletin.

Right after the crash landing here the airmen ran 800 m to the east to a small stand of trees here 350 m south of "Myrekær", while farmer Johan Nissen hurried to harrow their footprints away. More in A TIME TO REMEMBER by Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Raoul A. de Mars. See photos of photos of the plane after the forced landing and
of the Co-Pilot Raoul A. de Mars. See
Happy Ending and some loss statistics. This is about people!

2nd Lt Raoul A. de Mars  was the Co-Pilot of this Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

Raoul A. de Mars
told in A TIME TO REMEMBER the story the way he experienced the events. That is very valuable! See also de Mars Documents.
Henning Bencard read his account closely, researched many details and wrote
artikel i Aarbog 1993 (pdf - in Danish but with some maps and photos).
Then Gerry Pahl from the Kalamazoo
Air Zoo www.airzoo.org in cooperation with Henning Bencard wrote Last Flight of B-17 23535 (pdf 4.85 MB) i 1994.
See more at the plane B17 42-3535. See also p295MACR.

See a drawing of the crew of a B-17, Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
See 339 BS, 96 BG, 45 CBW, 3 BD and the 96th Bombardment Group Association. This B-17 took off from RAF Snetterton Heath - USAAF Station 138. 10 airmen.