Crash of a Boeing B-17G-35-DL Flying Fortress off Örnahusen: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 24, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
42-107178
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bassingbourn - Bassingbourn
MSN:
22093
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Following a bombing mission over Berlin, the aircraft was returning to the RAF Bassingbourn when it was hit by enemy fire while leaving the German airspace. On approach to the Swedish coast, the captain ordered his crew to bail out as it was impossible to continue the flight. Six crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed into the Baltic Sea off Örnahusen. The last three crew members were killed.
