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B 17F 42-31084 crashed in the North Sea on 20/12-1943.
The aircraft belonged to USAAF, 8 Air Force 388 Bomb Group, 561 Bomb Squadron.
T/O Knettishall. OP: Bremen.
The aircraft is believed to have crashed into Helgoland Bay after being hit by
flak at approx. 12:15 hours.
Pilot 1.Lt Kenneth Eccleston, Navigator Lt John Dorsett, Top
Turret Gunner T/Sgt
David F. Holliman, Radio Operator T/Sgt George B. Doyle Jr. and Tail
Gunner Sgt Charles A. Bein have no known grave and their names are found on
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
The dead body of Bombardier 2.Lt Thomas Leo Toolin was found washed ashore near
Emmerlev Klev on 19/7-1944. On 21/7 1944 he was laid to rest in Højer cemetery
by an officer and two privates from the Wehrmacht without ecclesiastical
assistance.
His remains were disinterred on 27/4 1948 and were evacuated to the
American Cemetery at Neuville en Condron in Belgium by the US military.
Co-Pilot 2.Lt Peter K. Schou and Right waist Gunner S/Sgt Ivan Clark Jr. today
rest in the American War Cemetery at Neupre in Belgium while Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt Joseph J. Molinari and Left Waist S/Sgt David Ceely rest in
USA.
(Via Finn Buch)
Bombardier 2.Lt Thomas Leo Toolin
(Via Finn Buch)
Bombardier 2.Lt Thomas Leo Toolin
(Via Finn Buch)
From the unveiling of the memorial
Source: Parish Register Højer, UA, FB.
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