Luftwaffe B-17 interned in Spain

[kaki3152]

While surfing the Web, I came accross a great Spanish article on Allied/Luftwaffe planes who were interned/crashed on Spanish soil in WWII.
One of the citations is as follows [Translated by moi];
"The 21st of June,1944 the USAF B-17G,sn 42-39969 (401st BG, 614th BS) took off from Kalamata [Greece] commanded by Lt. Wofgang Pohl. It transported three SS agents, an ex-member of the French Foreign Lgion, and an Arab. Its destination was North Africa;to extend its range it carried additional fuel. First it flew to Istres-Le-Tube [Southern France] and from there would go to its destination. After leaving Marseille on June 26th,1944 it had problems with its fuel supply. It had to land at Valencia military airport [Spain] where Pohl destroyed his flight plans and the three Abwehr agents [sic] "disappeared'. The 27th of June 1944 this B-17 of KG-200 with German insignias and the code A3+FB landed at Manises during this special mission. The airplane was interned, remaining separated on a remote site of the airport, with the German insignia covered, until the end of the war. It seems that in 1948 it still was at Manises."

Comments, any more observations.

ive seen some photos but that was 10 years ago.
GARY

[RT]

Where is seated the site ???

[Agustin Ruzafa]

http://incidentessgm.blogspot.com.es...eing-b-17.html

[kaki3152]

Interesting is that after the war, this ex401 BG a/c was reclassified as a TB-17G util it was scrapped.