Date: 1944 Feb 10/10			A/C Type: B-17G   Fortress		SN: 42-31115		Code:		A/C Nickname: Hell's Bells'
File: 445		Airforce: USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 388 BG - 562 BS			Mission/Raid: Brunswick (Braunschweig)
1	Pilot	1Lt. James R. Feeney     buried Uitgeest					9	RWG	S/Sgt. Joseph F. Smith
2	Co-pilot	2Lt. Samuel C. Gundy					10	TG	S/Sgt. Louis M. LeFevre    buried Uitgeest
3	Nav.	2Lt. Samuel I. Simon					11	Photo	T-Sgt. Oscar O. Land
4	B	2Lt. John C. Dirickson					12
5	E	S/Sgt. Charles W. Ball					13
6	RO	S/Sgt. Norman F. Kajut    buried Uitgeest					14
7	BTG	S/Sgt. Walter J. Lennous					15
8	LWG	S/Sgt. Marion B. Forbis    buried Uitgeest					16
Over target damaged by Flak. On return approaching the Dutch coast, crew bailed out. Aircraft came down in a polder near village Uitgeest. Four of the crew were killed and buried in Uitgeest. The other seven became POW.

Below the initial graves of Lt. Feeney, Sgt. Kajut, Sgt. Forbis and Sgt. Lefevre.

Churchyard of the Protestant Church in Uitgeest. Photo was made on May 4th 1945, a few days after the German capitulation in Holland. Flowers are placed by the local people. Crosses are the original German ones with German text and date of death engraved as 10.II.1944.
 



















































Sources/read more:


- Dutch site ARG, good photos, page 1: http://www.arg1940-1945.nl/b17%20uitgeest%20pagina%201.htm
   
  Page 2: http://www.arg1940-1945.nl/b17%20uitgeest%20pagina%202.htm

- https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=144297












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