Crash Site B-17 B-17G 44-6139 DS-K Villers-lez-Heest

Monument commemorating the precautionary landing of B-17G 44-6139 DS-K of the 509th Bomb Squadron of the 351st Bomb Group of the 8th Army U.S.A., in this area on 12 September 1944.

The crew survived the crash :
Lt. Donald E. Hadley, pilot
Lt. Tauno E. Maki, co-pilot
Lt. Zebulon W. Hites, navigator
Lt. George Hotchkin, bombardier
Sgt. Earl C. Rhodes flight engineer/top turret gunner
Sgt. Edouard E. Wasinger, radio operator
Sgt. Milton L. Griffin, waist gunner,
Sgt. Roy C. Lantrip, ball turret gunner,
Sgt. Albert L. Grantham, tail gunner

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/44-6139
• https://www.hangarflying.eu/