Date: 1945 Feb 03/03			A/C Type: B-17G   Fortress		SN: 43-38242		Code:		A/C Nickname:
File: 331		Airforce: USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 493 BG - 863 BS			Mission/Raid:
1	Pilot	2Lt. Henry E. Sherman       all crew POW					9	RWG	not carried
2	Co-pilot	2Lt. Al Janulis					10	TG	Sgt. Douglas C. Arnest
3	Nav.	2Lt. Paul E. O'Connell					11
4	B	Sgt. Walter A. Flaherty					12
5	E	Sgt. Raymond D. Fisher					13
6	RO	Sgt. Harry A. Koerner					14
7	BTG	Sgt. Carl W. Hultman					15
8	LWG	Sgt. Robert W. Smead					16
After attacking target on the route back, had problems with an engine and lost a propeller on an engine. Flak on the Dutch shore damaged her further. Made a belly landing under Den Helder at village Julianadorp. All nine crew POW.

Germans: "shot down a Fortress 26 km south of Den Helder, 1 km west on sea, turned. Abschußort: Julianadorp.


Photo of the bellylanded B-17 three months later: http://www.weggum.com/images/B-17%20Julianadorp.jpg (Photo © Hans Nauta).

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