Albert C. Esler                                                                                         Updated: 27 AUG 2024

Airman: v999054.htm Surname: Esler Init: A C Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 339

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

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. Foto: Besætningen og mere, UK.
Se dansk pressemeddelelse på engelsk: Danish Bulletin. 11 april 2024: B-17 Crash Stevns*USAAF Monument 2024 her 150 m S for Bækkemosevej 11.  p295MACR.

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!

S/Sgt Albert C. Esler var Radio Operator 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 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. See Danish Bulletin.
11 April 2024: B-17 Crash Stevns*USAAF Monument 2024 here 150 m S of Bækkemosevej 11, DK-4672 Klippinge.  p295MACR.  Crew Photo and more, UK.

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!

S/Sgt Albert C. Esler was the Radio Operator 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 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.