Date: 1943 Feb04/04			A/C Type: B-17F  Fortress		SN: 41-24544		Code:		A/C Nickname: Pennsylvania Polka
File: 272		Airforce: USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 91 BG - 323 BS			Mission/Raid: Train yards Hamm, a/t Emden, Germany.
1	Pilot	1Lt. Alan L. Bobrow                     all crew MIA					9	Gunner	Sgt. Charles E. Blackburn
2	CP	1Lt. John J. Sanders					10	Gunner	Sgt. Edwin R. Campbell
3	Nav	1Lt. Everett L. Clinard Jr.					11
4	B	1Lt. Norman L. Andrews					12
5	E	T/Sgt. Paul L. Bass					13
6	RO	T/Sgt. Cyril E. Curb					14
7	Gunner	S/Sgt. Bill J. Wheeler					15
8	Gunner	S/Sgt. Lewis J. Fredricks					16
One of the first raids on Germany by the USAAF. Target was obscured by clouds. The bomb groups turned north towards alternative target Emden. This aircraft was shot down by fighters and was lost in the North Sea 20km NW of West-Terschelling (Frisian Isle). Lost Without Trace (LWT). 10 crew MIA.

In the German air defence on this day, the Germans also used their night-fighters to counter the US bombers. At the exact same time Lt. Bobrow's B-17 was lost (12:40h) also a German BF-110 made an emergency landing on the North Sea beach on Frisian isle Ameland (BF-1110 of 2./NJG 1, Wrk-nr. 2670, Pilot Uffz. A. Naumann).
Photo: http://ameland.waddengebiedindeoorlog.nl/luchtoorlog/040243-2/























































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