May
19, 1943, 9th victory May
19, 1943, 9th victory 
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COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCESWEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Bomber Command Mission Number 59: 123 B-17's are dispatched against the U-boat yards at Kiel, Germany; 103 bomb the target at 1329-1333 hours local; we claim 48-7-21 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 6 B-17's and 28 others are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 7 WIA and 60 MIA.
A smaller force, 64 B-17's, is dispatched against the naval yards at Flensburg, Germany; 55 attack the target at 1325-1328 hours local; we claim 12-4-14 Luftwaffe aircraft; 9 B-17's are damaged; casualties are 2 KIA and 4 WIA.
An uneventful diversion is flown by 24 B-17's.
6 B-17 are declared lost on May 19, 1943 :
Source : 1941 USAAF Serial Numbers.htm 91th Bomb Group
serial number
plane type / name
squadron
code
reason
mission lost on
pilot
41-24483
B-17F-10-BO "Spirit of Alcohol"
91 BG 322 BS
LG-U
shot down
Kiel
Crash Location fjordBaxley, 6 POW, 4KIA
MACR 15632
Source : 351 BG http://freespace.virgin.net/ken.harbour/index.htm
serial number
plane name
squadron
code
reason
mission lost on
pilot
42-29701
B-17F-65-BO "In the Mood"
351 BG 510 BS
TU-B
Shot down by flak
Kiel
mission #1
Crash Location
Baltic SeaLt. Robert W. Mansfield (POW),
Lt. Leonard D. Jasinek (KIA),
Lt. Alec S. White (POW),
Lt. David F. Nash (POW),
T/Sgt. Elmer L. Peterson (KIA),
S/Sgt. Charles E. Anchors (MIA),
S/Sgt. Louis S. Strumolo (MIA),
Sgt. Thomas V. Higgins (MIA),
S/Sgt. Clifford Coyle (MIA),
T/Sgt. Willard A. Backman (MIA).
MACR 15719Source : Book "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story"
serial number
plane name
squadron
code
reason
mission lost on
pilot
41-24573
B-17F-BO
305 BG 364 BS
WF-S/N
fighter
Kiel
Crash Location :
North SeaMacCauley, 6KIA, 4POW
41-24590
B-17F-BO
305 BG 364 BS
WF-B
?
Kiel
Crash Location : ?Kohler, 7KIA, 3POW
41-24624
B-17F-BO
305 BG 422 BS
JJ-J
flak
Kiel
Crash Location :
North SeaClark, 3KIA, 7POW,
MACR 1554942-5155
B-17F-40-BO
305 BG 365 BS
XK-T
fighter
Kiel
Crash Location :
KielHiggins, 1EVD, 3KIA, 6POW,
MACR 15488The report of the mission 59 gives lost 6 B-17. The tables of losses above gathering 6 B-17 are complete.
To note that the hour of bombardment given by the report of the USAAF is very coherent (13.29 - 13.33) with hour declared by KNOKE for its victory (13.40) that is after phase of bombardment.
The falling point indicated by KNOKE is in lands: Ost S/TU-3 is a square angles of which are bounded by Husum, Husby, Stelle, Bargstatt. This square is situated well on a route of return since the target Kiel. At the moment this pushes aside planes fallen in sea or except this square.
The falling point of B-17 41-24590 is unknown ...
That of the B-17 41-24483 (fjord) correspond nothing. The contents of the MACR 15632 could maybe clarify if it is about a typing error...
For information :Extracted of : Steve Perri - 91st BG Stories.htm 323rd BS B-17 Delta Rebel #2
"Although the 323rd was "stood down" that day, Perri and a navigator as replacement crewmen, earned the distinction of beating their squadron-mates into battle. Perri completed 25 missions as a ball turret gunner and 23 of those were made in the Delta Rebel #2 piloted by Lt. Birdsong. During his tour, he was officially credited with four enemy aircraft destroyed including two Me-109's an Me-110 and an FW-190. "I actually claimed seven but four of them were confirmed." For his contributions he received the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and a Distinguished Flying Cross... ...Unit records show that he got his first kill, an FW-190 on December 30, 1942 on a mission to bomb the submarine pens at Lorient, France. His third and fourth kills were Me-109s on April 18th-Bremen and May 19th-Keil respectively.
Description of this victory by Heinz Knoke and different information :
Heinz Knoke Informations
Personal comments
Source
Demerfungen
mit Boeing ?? verbänd ??
Abschuß einer Fortress II
bei Rendsbürg.
Rendsbürg-Eckemförde
The crash location given is fjord...
Is it
Rendsbürg-Eckemförde ?Source
Date
Type of claimed plane
Place of the interception
Crash Location
Schedule
Knoke's Unit
5./JG11
Luftwaffe' Official Victories on May 19, 1943.
Source : Jagdgeschwader 1 und 11 Tail 1 1939 - 1943 Jochen Prien, Peter Rodeike.
