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Crash Landing du B-17 Fortress - type F-25-BO - s/n 41-24610 GN*T "Joe Btfsplk" |
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Crash Landing du B-17 Fortress - type F-25-BO - s/n 41-24610 GN*T "Joe Btfsplk" |
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| Fiche France-Crashes 39-45 modifiée le 24-12-2018 | |||||
| Date | Nation |
 Département |
Unité | Macr | Mission |
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| 01-05-1943 | Etats-Unis | Ocean Atlantique | 303rdBG/427thBS/8thAF | 15727 | #32 - St-Nazaire (44) : base sous-marine |
| Localisation | Entre Belle-Ile et Ouessant |
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| Circonstances |
Touché par la flak - Moteur en feu, abattu par 2 chasseurs  Focke Wulf 190 - Photo du site www.pixstel.comFw190 (Uffz Rudolf Gerhardt - Ltn Joseph Wurmheller) |
| Commentaires | Décollage station 107 Molesworth , Cambridgeshire UK |
| Sources ** | B17-France.org / NARA / ABMC / Claude Dannau (source: www.archeosousmarine.net) / Arch Allemandes-Box112-3 |
| Historique | 29/08/2009=Création - 26/10/2014=Ajout lien - 03/11/2015=Ajout lien - 02/02/2016=Ajout insignes - 24/12/2018=Ajout circonst |
| Grade | Prenom | Nom | Poste | Corps | Etat |
Lieu d'Inhumation |
Commentaires |
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| 1Lt | Vincent Xavier | Walsh | Pil | USAAF | Prisonnier | O-726862 - Né le 04/06/1917 - New York USA - Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia | |
| 2Lt | John V | Franklin | CoP | USAAF | Décédé | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | O-736175 - AM/PH - Iowa USA |
| T/Sgt | David Stamps Jr | Lee | Mec/M | USAAF | Prisonnier | 14071227 - Né le 01/11/1921 - Mississippi USA - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | |
| T/Sgt | Emery L | Knotts | Rad | USAAF | Décédé | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | 14071057 - AM/PH - Mississippi USA |
| 2Lt | Edward A | Zieminski | Nav | USAAF | Décédé | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | O-790319 - AM/PH - Connecticut USA |
| 2Lt | John H | Walker | Bomb | USAAF | Décédé | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | O-661682 - AM/PH+2GS - Michigan USA |
| S/Sgt | James H Jr | Carithers | MitV | USAAF | Décédé | MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - Plan (p5) | 37069700 - AM/PH - Arkansas USA |
| S/Sgt | Leroy H | Moyer | MitA | USAAF | Décédé | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | 16092543 - AM/PH - Wisconsin USA |
| S/Sgt | Anthony Joseph Jr | Peklinsky | MitD | USAAF | Prisonnier | 15078240 - Né le 10/08/1922 - West Virginia USA - Blessé, hospitalisé puis Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | |
| S/Sgt | Joseph | McMahon | MitG | USAAF | Décédé | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge UK | 36350693 - AM/PH - Illinois USA |
| Fiche tech | Correspondance grades | Abréviations utilisées | Filières d'évasion | Camps de Pow | Bases RAF/USAAF | Utilitaires |
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Récit du Lt Walsh extrait du site 303RDBG.com "We had made our target and released the bombs, but were badly crippled by anti-aircraft fire–both motors shot out under one wing, the communication system out, the plane otherwise damaged and ‘Pek’ [Peklinsky] was badly shot up in one leg between the thigh and knee. We were limping behind formation and badly crippled, but we were going home. Walsh had very expertly dived from 18,000 feet to 4,000 feet to take cover from the clouds. We were really going home–had passed out the cigarettes and relaxed when the clouds parted. In getting from one cloud to another, two German fighter planes stationed on Belle Isle to get stragglers saw us and got us. The plane and guns were in such condition that we were practically helpless. We couldn’t get altitude or speed and most of the guns were out of commission. The pilot told me to tell the boys to leave their guns and brace for the crash because we were going to crash in the ocean. W e did not have time to get braced for the crash and to release more than one rubber raft. I was knocked unconscious and remained so for two hours. Walsh badly wrenched his ankle climbing out through a window, but he got the raft and saved me (unconscious) and Pek (crippled). When I regained consciousness, we were on Belle Isle. The plane evidently broke in two when it hit the water, for I don’t know how else I could have gotten out. After the crash, I never saw any of the boys but Walsh and Pek. The other seven were very likely knocked unconscious in the crash and went down with the plane. They were a wonderful bunch of boys and we all loved each other like brothers. The two years we were prisoners, we prayed every day for the other seven." Photos et données technique sur la base sous-marine de St-Nazaire sur www.u-boote.fr Photo nose-art 42-24610 sur www.lancaster-archive.com (Lien transmis par Claude Dannau) Page sur les 7 B-17 tombés au cours de cette mission sur chemin-memoire39-45paysderetz (Lien transmis par Claude Dannau) |
