Re: B-17 crash 14.02.1945
 

B-17, 42-97185, 306.BG, 369.BS had primary target Dresden and was damaged by three fighters over Dresden. Four flyers jumped out damaged plane in area of town Chabařovice (Karbitz), nearby Ústí nad Labem (Aussig), Northern Bohemia, around 13.05 o´clock. Five crew members jumped out in vicinity of villages Hřídelec and Lány, nearby town Lázně Bělohrad (Bad Belohrad), Eastern Bohemia, at 13.20 o´clock.

Re: B-17 crash 14.02.1945
 

Michal,
thank you very much for your datas.
Do you have maps with german and the new names of cities/villages after WW II for Bohemia? It is very difficult to find something about these names in Germany...

Best Regards,

Heuser

Re: B-17 crash 14.02.1945
 

Excluding some dictionaries this web-site is useful as well:

www.hartau.de/PBM/Protektorat

Just small note: only small part of towns and villages was renamed in so called Sudetenland after WW2 and new name in Czech was able to to create. Majority of settles had both German and Czech Names from founding.

Re: B-17 crash 14.02.1945
 

Michal,
thank you very much. Exactly what I was looking for.

Best Regards,

Heuser

Re: B-17 crash 14.02.1945
 

Re: B-17 crash 14.02.1945
 

Gentlemen,
today I visited other eyewitnesses. It looks like mentioned a/c was Verna E., 42-102975. But to play it safe, I´am searching for informatios about B-17-losses with 9 POW´s for 16. and 17. february 1945.

@Mike: I´ve found MACR 13325 for Verna E. in two different sources. Any idea?

Every information is welcome!

Best Regards,

Heuser

Re: B-17 crash 14.02.1945
 

I recieved an e-mail with the following datas, the original source is unknown so far:

B-17 42-102975 MACR 12325 Date 14/02/1945 BELYWeisel

If Weisel was the crashplace, what does BELY mean? I´ve got no idea...

Thanks in advance,

Heuser

Re: B-17 crash 14.02.1945
 

belly landing?

Re: B-17 crash 14.02.1945
 

Gentlemen,
now I´am sure, mentioned a/c was "Verna E.", 42-102975, belly landing in Weisel, Germany at 14.02.1945 after damaged by Flak.
Thank you all, best regards,

Heuser