Obemannat bombplan störtade
Postat: 05 okt 2017, 16:48Obemannat bombplan störtade 1944
The trip to Sweden.
On October 30, 1944 two machines (42-30066 and 42-3438) were picked out to be guided towards and into the German submarine
docks at Helgoland where they were meant to detonate. Three B-17's served as control aircraft and as escort they had with
them seven P-47 Thunderbolt. As in previous missions the result was not what was expected, bad weather meant that they
could not find the target and the two planes were therefore steered in the direction of Berlin. The result was that
42-3438 crashed into the North Sea after running out of fuel and 42-30066 deviated from the course and headed towards Sweden.
They tried, in vain, to regain control of the aircraft and three of the escorting P-47´s followed but at a point had to
turn back to have enough fuel to reach base back in England. Against all odds, 42-30066 then survived both fighters
and air defense until it was just south of Trollhättan when the fuel ran out and it crashed next to Vissla kvarn.
In the explosion that followed several trees were pulled out of the ground and the blast cause broken windows in houses more than 5 kilometers away!
http://www.forcedlandingcollection.se/U ... gwump.html
What was not known in Sweden was that there had been only two crew members and these, 1/Lt G.A. Barnes and
1/Lt R. McCauley had jumped out of the plane already over the English Channel.
30 oktober 1944 störtade ett stort amerikanskt bombflygplan av typen B17 ”Flying Fortress”. Det var fullastat med sprängämne, men var helt obemannat.'
Nedslagsplatsen:: i skogen vid Vissla kvarn i Åsaka, ligger ca. 6 km öster om Trollhättan
https://arwidson.wordpress.com/2017/09/ ... -stortade/
Finns fler sådanna "obemannade" haverier i Sverige under kriget?
Finns detta dokumenterat i någon av Bo Widfeldts böcker?
The trip to Sweden.
On October 30, 1944 two machines (42-30066 and 42-3438) were picked out to be guided towards and into the German submarine
docks at Helgoland where they were meant to detonate. Three B-17's served as control aircraft and as escort they had with
them seven P-47 Thunderbolt. As in previous missions the result was not what was expected, bad weather meant that they
could not find the target and the two planes were therefore steered in the direction of Berlin. The result was that
42-3438 crashed into the North Sea after running out of fuel and 42-30066 deviated from the course and headed towards Sweden.
They tried, in vain, to regain control of the aircraft and three of the escorting P-47´s followed but at a point had to
turn back to have enough fuel to reach base back in England. Against all odds, 42-30066 then survived both fighters
and air defense until it was just south of Trollhättan when the fuel ran out and it crashed next to Vissla kvarn.
In the explosion that followed several trees were pulled out of the ground and the blast cause broken windows in houses more than 5 kilometers away!
http://www.forcedlandingcollection.se/U ... gwump.html
What was not known in Sweden was that there had been only two crew members and these, 1/Lt G.A. Barnes and
1/Lt R. McCauley had jumped out of the plane already over the English Channel.
30 oktober 1944 störtade ett stort amerikanskt bombflygplan av typen B17 ”Flying Fortress”. Det var fullastat med sprängämne, men var helt obemannat.'
Nedslagsplatsen:: i skogen vid Vissla kvarn i Åsaka, ligger ca. 6 km öster om Trollhättan
https://arwidson.wordpress.com/2017/09/ ... -stortade/
Finns fler sådanna "obemannade" haverier i Sverige under kriget?
Finns detta dokumenterat i någon av Bo Widfeldts böcker?