42-39961 BAD CHECK
MACR 2537
MACR 2537
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Mission #4 Target: Brunswick
Feb 10, 1944
Feb 10, 1944
This aircraft collided with another B-17 #42-31318, Belle of Broadway, of the
same group piloted by 2Lt Milton Turner. The aircraft broke up into two parts and
apparently exploded in midair. The wreckage and dead were scattered over a
wide area called Zornbrink Fields, near Hemsloher, Germany. Lt Mitchell was
recovered with an unidentified airman in the Black Moor at Baver and both were
buried in Row II Grave 2, right side, in the Russian POW Cemetery at
Wetscherwiessen near Diepholz. In the Russian POW Cemetery at
Hannover-Strohen two unknown airmen were buried who died on this day and
found near Wagenfeld and Liebenau. Identification of these four airmen proved
impossible after the war. They were reinterred at the Ardennes Cemetery, then
later recieved a group burial in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St
Louis, Mo.
same group piloted by 2Lt Milton Turner. The aircraft broke up into two parts and
apparently exploded in midair. The wreckage and dead were scattered over a
wide area called Zornbrink Fields, near Hemsloher, Germany. Lt Mitchell was
recovered with an unidentified airman in the Black Moor at Baver and both were
buried in Row II Grave 2, right side, in the Russian POW Cemetery at
Wetscherwiessen near Diepholz. In the Russian POW Cemetery at
Hannover-Strohen two unknown airmen were buried who died on this day and
found near Wagenfeld and Liebenau. Identification of these four airmen proved
impossible after the war. They were reinterred at the Ardennes Cemetery, then
later recieved a group burial in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St
Louis, Mo.
I spotted this letter on Ebay. It was
addressed to LT Lee Mitchell, who
unfortunately was KIA before it
arrived.
addressed to LT Lee Mitchell, who
unfortunately was KIA before it
arrived.