Crash Location B-17G Flying Fortress 42-31135 "Susy Sag Tits"

Project Lost Wings '40 - '45 has placed Memorial Signs in the Municipality of Emmen on the places where airplanes crashed during the Second World War.

Returning from a raid on Berlin on Monday 6 March 1944, B-17G FLying Fortress 42-31135 ‘Suzy-Sag-Tits’ was attacked by a German night fighter near the Dutch border. Damage was severe, causing the complete loss of the two starboard engines. Another hit caused a fire in the fuselage, forcing the crew to bale out. All managed to escape except Staff Sgt. Willard Reeves McGee, who by then was fatally wounded. Willard McGee is buried at the Military War Cemetery, Margraten in Limburg.

Crew Members:
Montgomery Douglas Givens USAAF POW pilot
Harry James Teat USAAF POW copilot
Kenneth Hanley Betts USAAF POW navigator
Lawrence Herman Mc Millian USAAF POW bomb aimer
James Geraghty USAAF POW wireless operator
Roy Eugene Kesanen USAAF POW flight engineer
Thomas Howard Foulds USAAF POW ballturret gunner
Williard Reeves McGee USAAF KIA waist gunner[r]
Jack Edgar Karr USAAF POW waist gunner[l]
Daniel Walstra USAAF POW tailgunner

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Source

• Text: SLO Drenthe
• Photos: Rob Wethly, SLO Drenthe (1, 2), Chris Bonhof (3)
• Stichting Luchtoorlog Onderzoek Drenthe