389.BG loss, 07.05.1945

[Leendert]

Heuser and/or Horst,

You'll probably more knowledgeable about the locations, but what's remarkable about the victims, is that most of them are commemorated on "tablets of the missing" at various cemeteries. Perhaps the B-24 came down in the Rhine itself and most bodies were never recovered?

Regards,

Leendert

[Heuser]

Hi all,
a friend of mine found an eyewitness report (in German language) regarding this crash:

www.bendorf-geschichte.de/bdf-0159.htm

According to this Link, the a/c (given as B-17 on 8th of May) crashed upon the collapsed Engers bridge. So some of the crew and/or passengers could have been thrown into the Rhine.

Using Google, I found an interesting entry on the 392.BG webside (subject: trolley missions):

"On 7 May, a 389th BG crashed into the Engers Bridge over the Rhine near Cologne, killing 19 men. On 10 May, a B-17 was lost during an air collision over the UK with no known survivors."

Sounds like Engers was really a suburb of Cologne...

Thank you very much for your replies,

A. Heuser

[FrankieS]

Hi !

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http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.42...20833,7.526389