Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, May 24, 1944 (3 killed)

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on May 24, 1944 near Örnahusen Skåne, Sweden with 3 fatalities.

B 17G 42-107178 of the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, was hit by flak after a raid on Berlin. Three crew bailed out over Germany and were captured, and the pilot tried a water landing near Örnahusen, but the aircraft stalled and crashed into the Baltic Sea, killing the three crew who were still aboard.

More crashes