B-17 (42-37718) Crash Marker -306th Bomber Group
Details:
Off the road edge in the woods. Marker
An inscribed field stone.
The memorial remembers B-17 (42-37718) of the 368th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group which was shot down on a mission to Gydina, Poland on October 9, 1943.
One of the Crew, Sergeant Douglas Farris was KIA. All the others survived and were taken POW.
The crew included:
Pilot: Roy Ranck,
Co-pilot: Miles McCormack,
Navigator: Carl Groesbeck,
Bombardier: Bill Hewitt,
Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Hall,
Radio Operator: Bill Skahan,
Ball turret gunner: Henry Kozier,
Waist gunner: Fred Nabors,
Tail gunner: Bill Barton,
Waist gunner: Douglas Farris (KIA)
A memorial also remembers Sgt Farris in a nearby cemetery. See site Besser Church Cemetery for more information.
Source:
Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 2433
Air War over Denmark Website
Airmen.dk
Monument Text:
The inscription on the fieldstone is in Danish reads:
BOEING B 17
NEDSKUDT
D. 9-10 1943
Translation:
BOEING B 17
SHOT DOWN
ON 9-10 OCTOBER, 1943
