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B 17G 42-3554 crashed in the North Sea 9/10 1943.
The aircraft belonged to USAAF, 8 Air Force 92 Bomb Group, 326 Bomb Squadron and
was coded JW-B
T/O Podington. OP: Gdynia.
On the return flight 42-3554 was attacked by German fighters when crossing the
Danish coast near Fanø island and at 16:45 it exploded in the air 10 miles south
south west of Blåvandshuk.
Before the explosition five crew members had managed to leave by parachutes and
landed in the sea.
One crew member was picked up by the Danish fishing vessel E 304 “Anna” of
Esbjerg while E 288 “Lucretia” picked three flyers up. One flyer was picked up
by the German Vorpostboot to which those picked up by the fishing boats were
handed over.
The surviving flyers were Radio operator T/Sgt John D. Neville, Ball turret
gunner S/Sgt Glen Winch, Left waist gunner S/Sgt James D. Batson, Right waist
gunner S/Sgt Ralph S. Martinez and Tail gunner S/Sgt Walter J. Zimmermann.
The body of Navigator 2.Lt David Emery Jr. Was found washed ashore near
Fjaltring and was laid to rest in Lemvig cemetery on 17/11-43.
His remains were disinterred on 4/5 1948 and were evacuated to the American
cemetery at Neuville en Condron in Belgium by the US military.
The dead body of Top turret gunner T/Sgt Harold F. Hecker was retrieved from the
sea by a German vorpostboot on the day of the crash and was laid to rest in
Fovrfelt cemetery on 12/10-43.
His remains were disinterred on 30/4 1948 and were evacuated to the American
cemetery at Neuville en Condron in Belgium by the US military.
Today they both rest in USA.
The Pilot 2nd Lt William F. Whelan, Co pilot 2nd Lt Frank E. Tomlison and
Bombardier 2nd Lt Fred S. Rodway have no known grave and their names are found
on Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
Sources: MACR, AS 64-906, Mike Mucha.
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