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B 17F 42-3084 crashed Kiel Bay 29/7-1943
The aircraft belonged to USAAF, 8 Air Force, 306 Bomb Group, 367 Bomb Squadron
and was coded GY-A.
T/O Thurleigh. OP: Kiel.
42-3084 was hit by a fighter shortly after having delivered its bombs over the
target and exploded in the air over Kiel Bay about 30 miles north of Kiel
killing all onboard except one.
Bombardier Lt Robert L. Alexander was blown out of the B 17 when it exploded and
landed in the sea. He was picked up by Germans and was sent to Dulag Luft for
quistioning. Later he was sent to Stalag Luft III Sagan and ended up in Stalag
Nuremberg-Langwasser in 1945.
The body of Co-pilot 2.Lt Roy Y. Padgett was found washed ashore on Dyngby beach
seven kilometres east of Odder on 6/9 and was laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery
in Esbjerg on 13/9 1943. On 30/4-1948 the body was disinterred and taken to the
US Millitary Cemetery Neuville-en-Condron in Belgium.
Here can also be found the grave of Navigator Lt John G. Fogarty.
Pilot F/O Carl D. Brown, Top Turret Gunner T/Sgt Graham W. Diggs Jr, Radio
Operator T/Sgt Earl W. Norlen, Right Waist Gunner Sgt James C. Seigler and Ball
Turret Gunner S/Sgt Parry G. Pedersen have no known graves and their names are
found on Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge,
England.
Tail Gunner Sgt Jesse O. Wheeler and Left
Waist Gunner S/Sgt Larry D. McCoy today rest in USA
Sources: FB, LBUK, BE, UA, ABMC, MACR, WW II PoW datafile, Alexander.
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