Liberty Lady

En Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Propell fra en nødlandet B-17 i Örnahusen

Liberty Lady var et amerikansk bombefly av typen Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Flyet havarerte på Gotland i Sverige den 6. mars 1944 etter en 16 timers flytur.

Liberty Lady inngikk i en bombegruppe, 306th Bombardment Group i U.S. Eighth Air Forces 1st Bomb Division, som var stasjonert i Thurleigh i nærheten av Bedford i England. Flyet deltok i det første dagtoktet mot Berlin den 6. mars 1944 i en formasjon på 730 fly. De tok av fra sin base om morgenen for å bombe en kulelagerfabrikk i Erkner i den østlige utkanten av Berlin. Under toktet ble Liberty Lady truffet av antiluftskyts over det sentrale Berlin. En motor og en bensintank ble skadet. Etter hendelsen satte Liberty Lady kursen nordover mot Sverige istedenfor vestover mot basen i Thurleigh.[1]

Ved firetiden om ettermiddagen ble flyet observert over Öland og det nødlandet på Mästermyr vest for Hemse, 45 km sør for Visby på Gotland. Dagen etter nødlandingen ble besetningen på 10 menn fraktet over på det svenske fastlandet og videre til den amerikanske interneringsleiren i Rättvik. En i besetningen, løytnant Herman F. Allen giftet seg med Hedvig Jonsson i Gustav Vasa kyrka i Stockholm januar 1945.[1]

Albin Larsson, verkstedseier og medlem av det svenske heimevernet i Hemse, var den som først kom til havaristedet. Han kjøpte også vraket for 250 kroner (eksklusive motorer). Vingebjelkene ble brukt som takstoler i Hemse og Havdhem.

Den 24. juli 1943 buklandet en B-17F, Georgia Rebel, utenfor Årjäng. Flyet ble den første av totalt 68 B-17 som søkte nødhavn i Sverige under den andre verdenskrig.[2]

Referanser

  1. ^ a b DiGeorge, Pat: «Liberty Lady's historia» Arkivert 5. mars 2016 hos Wayback Machine., Forced Landing Collection
  2. ^ «Nödlandare från USA» Arkivert 23. august 2016 hos Wayback Machine., Forced Landing Collection

Litteratur

  • Gahm, Ulf (2012): «Amerikaner vilse», Gotlandsguiden - allt du behöver veta om Gotland 2012, Gotland: Visby

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