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interned or crashed in Switzerland in WW2
Legenda: Date = yy-mm-dd C = Crashed L = Landed, BL = Belly Landing, CL = Crash Landing, EL = Emergency Landing INT = Interned KIA = Killed in Action ? = Fate unknown
sources: Bulletin Air War 1939-1945 issue #127, August 1988 MACR-Index database MR. Al Blue, member of B24BestWeb, who supplied a lot of additions/corrections, more specific the tie-up between locations and aircraft. MR. Bob Hoskinson, 464BG/778BS, supplied additions and corrections, nicknames, pilots names and units. MR. Bob Livingstone from Australia supplied additional information on nicknames, units and exact type-info. Mr. Dani Egger from Switzerland supplied additional information on certain aircraft in Switzerland. Mr. Robert Martyr from the UK. Mr. Ed Rathje from the USA who sent a link to a website with additional information (see further reading on the Internet). Mr. Werner Fasolin from Gipf-Oberfrick, Switzerland. Additions to the crash 45-04-16 of a B26. Questions: After all the years that passed since ww2 still some questions have to be solved. At the end of the list there are some questions. Most of them are marked in the list with a '?' question mark.
Date Location C/L Type Unit Serial Fate Crew 1943 43-08-13 Turau (nr.Wil) L B-24D 93BG/409BS 42-40611 L at Turau 10 INT a/c set on fire by crew 'Death Dealer'43-08-13 Wil/SG L B-24 93BG/329BS 41-23658 10 INT 43-08-17 Utzendorf BL B-17F 390BG/539BS 42-30315 'S' 'Battle Queen' 10 INT 43-08-17 Dübendorf L B-17F 100BG/351BS 42-30080, code ‘EP-F’ 10 INT nickname: 'High Life' 43-09-06 Dübendorf L B-17F 388BG/560BS 42-30478, 'L', L at 11:24hrs 10 INT nickname: 'Impatient Virgin II' 43-09-06 Dübendorf L B-17F 305BG/364BS 42-3434, ‘WF-E’, L at 10:33hrs 10 INT nickname: 'So What?' 43-09-06 Dübendorf L B-17F 305BG/366BS 42-24592,‘KY-G’, L at 11:16hrs 10 INT nickname: 'Madame Butterfly' 43-09-06 Magadino L B-17F 306BG/423BS 42-5841, ‘RD-I’, L at 12:08hrs 10 INT nickname: 'Est Nulla Via in Via Virtuli' 43-09-06 Romanshorn L B-17F 100BG/351BS 42-30057,‘EP-D’, L at 10:42hrs 9 INT, 1 KIA nickname: 'Raunchy' 43-10-01 Ragaz C B-17F 99BG/416BS 42-30126,downed by Swiss AA 3 INT, 7 KIA nickname: 'Sugar Foot' 43-10-01 Alvaneu C B-17F 99BG/347BS 42-5856, downed by Swiss AA 5 INT, 6 KIA 43-10-14 Reinach/BL BL B-17F 305BG/364BS 42-30831,‘WF-H’ 7 INT, 1 KIA nickname: 'Lazy Baby'
"Death Dealer" was set on fire by crew
Date Location C/L Type Unit Serial Fate Crew 1944 44-01-07 Dübendorf L B-24H 93BG/328BS 42-7519 'D' 10 INT 44-02-25 Kirchberg/TG C B-24H 450BG/720BS 42-52148 '6' 'Liberal Lady' 9 INT 44-02-25 Dübendorf L B-17G 92BG/325BS 42-37755,‘NV-A’,L at 15:17 hrs 10 INT nickname: 'Dottie G'
44-03-16 Zugersee EL B-17G 385BG/550BS 42-38160 'J' 'Lonesome Polecat'10 INT 44-03-16 Dübendorf L B-17G 91BG/323BS 42-31585,‘OR-B’,L at 12:33 hrs 10 INT nickname: 'Mount'n Ride' 44-03-16 Dübendorf L B-24J 389BG/566BS 42-100332,'RR-E',"Galloping Katie" 9 INT 44-03-16 Dübendorf L B-24D 93BG/330BS 42-40969,'AG-H',"Big Noise" 10 INT 44-03-16 Diepoldsau L B-17G 95BG/334BS 42-31329,‘BG-H’,L at 13:30 hrs 10 INT 44-03-16 Wildhaus C B-17G 385BG/549BS 42-38195,'R',Crashed at 13:55 hrs 8 INT 44-03-16 Schlattingen C B-24J 93BG/330BS 42-100116,'AG-E', 2 INT, others ? 44-03-16 Dübendorf L B-17G 92BG/325BS 42-97515, 'NV-P',L at 15:06 hrs 10 INT One source gave date as 44-03-18 !! 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-17G 351BG/511BS 42-37825, ‘DS-Q’,L at 15:29 hrs 10 INT nickname: "Super Ball" 44-03-18 Dübendorf BL B-17G 384BG/547BS 42-31871, ‘SO-T’,L at 15:04 hrs 10 INT 44-03-18 Altenrhein L B-17G 384BG/547BS 42-37793, ‘SO-X’,L at 15:41 hrs 10 INT Nickname: "Spirit of Winsome Winn II" 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-24H 392BG/576BS 41-28692, 'CI-J',"Hell's Wagon" 10 INT 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-24H 392BG/579BS(578?) 41-29127,'G',"Li'l Gypsy" 10 INT 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-24J 44BG/68BS 42-109800, 'WQ-T' 10 INT 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-24H 44BG/506BS 41-29431, 'GJ-Q' 10 INT nickname: "Shoo Shoo Baby" 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-24H 44BG/66BS 42-7618, 'QK-C', 10 INT nickname: "Scourge of the Skies" 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-24J 44BG/506BS 42-100400, 'GJ-Y' 10 INT 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-24H 445BG/702BS 42-7513,'WV-T' 10 INT nickname: "Pistol Packin' Mama" 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-24H 446BG/705BS 42-7625, "Flying Termite" ? INT 44-03-18 Dübendorf L B-24J 448BG/714BS 42-100284, 'EI-L' ? INT 44-03-18 Dietschwil CL B-24J 44BG/68BS 42-100112,'WQ-Q', 10 INT nickname: "Paper Doll" 44-03-18 Fehraltdorf C B-24J 44BG/67BS 42-100073, 'NB-H' 11 INT nickname: "Sack Artists" 44-03-18 Diessenhofen C B-24 392BG/577BS 42-109826, 'U' 5 INT, others ? nickname: "Late Date II"
Date Location C/L Type Unit Serial Fate Crew 44-04-13 Dübendorf L B-17G 447BG/711BS 42-97064,‘IR-C’,L at 15:16 hrs 10 INT 44-04-13 Dübendorf L B-17G 385BG/550BS 42-38196,'K', L at 15:17hrs 10 INT
B17 42-38196 of 385BG landed at Dübendorf, April 13th 1944
44-04-13 Dübendorf L B-17G 447BG/710BS 42-107021,‘IJ-L’,L at 14:22 hrs 10 INT 44-04-13 Dübendorf L B-17G 96BG/339BS 42-32073,‘QJ-D’,L at 13:55 hrs 10 INT 44-04-13 Dübendorf L B-17G 94BG/332BS 42-31977,‘XM-O’,L at 15:00 hrs 10 INT 44-04-13 Dübendorf L B-17G 385BG/550BS 42-31866, 'L', L at 15:32 hrs 10 INT nickname: "Pride of the Yankees" 44-04-13 Dübendorf L B-17G 94BG/332BS 42-31747,‘XM-Q’ L at 15:07 hrs 10 INT nickname "Lassie Come Home" 44-04-13 Dübendorf EL B-24H 466BG/787BS 42-52567, '6L-G' 10 INT 44-04-13 Dübendorf L B-24J 44BG/67BS 42-100330, 'NB-L' 10 INT 44-04-13 Dübendorf L B-24H 453BG/734BS 41-28629,'F8-P' 10 INT 44-04-13 Oberglatt L B-17G 390BG/571BS 42-31691,‘FC-Q’,L at 15:00 hrs 10 INT 44-04-13 Altenrhein L B-17G 95BG/412BS 42-30233,‘QW-V’,L at 15:40hrs 10 INT nickname: "Rhapsody in Flak" 44-04-18 Siebnen C B-17G 447BG/709BS 42-31184,‘IE-E’ 10 INT shot down by Swiss fighter 44-04-24 Genève L B-17G 303BG/360BS 42-38204,‘PU-H’, L at 12:34 hrs 10 INT After an attack by German fighter, engine no3 out. 44-04-24 Dübendorf L B-17G 384BG/545BS 42-37885,‘JD-D’, L at 13:52 hrs 10 INT Badly shot up by German fighter, no.1 engine out 44-04-24 Dübendorf L B-17G 94BG/332BS 42-97158,‘XM-C’, L at 13:54 hrs 10 INT Without damage, trouble with no.4 engine Pilot: Lt. McCullem 44-04-24 Dübendorf EL B-17G 95BG/335BS 42-31632, 'Z', L at 12:48 hrs 10 INT On 2nd landing attempt a/c crashed into Swissair building at Dübendorf 44-04-24 Dübendorf L B-17G 95BG/334BS 42-31993,‘BG-F’, L at 13:25 hrs 10 INT Shot up and landed with no.1 engine out nickname: "Lil Brat" 44-04-24 Dübendorf L B-17G 306BG 42-31172,L at 13:49 hrs 10 INT Shot up and landed with no.2 engine out 44-04-24 Dübendorf L B-17G 303BG/358BS 42-31669,‘VK-J’,L at 14:01 hrs 10 INT Shot up and landed with no. 4 engine out. 44-04-24 Dübendorf L B-17G 306BG 42-31758,L at 14:00 hrs 10 INT with engine trouble and leftwing damaged 44-04-24 Dübendorf L B-24J 448BG/715BS 42-110098,'IO-M',L at 12:49 hrs 10 INT due to engine troubles nickname: "The Flying Sac" 44-04-24 Neftenbach BL B-17G 306BG 42-31539, L at 15:05 hrs 10 INT Badly damaged in Bellylanding due to engine trouble 44-04-24 Baltenswil C B-17G 92BG 42-31921,Crashed at 13:48 hrs. 10 KIA(?) in an attempt to land at Dübendorf with no.3 and no.4 engines out, a/c crashed from 600 ft in fire. 44-04-24 Greifensee C B-17G 384BG/545BS 42-102446, 2 KIA, 8 INT Crashed at 14:14 hrs in an attempt to land with no.3 engine on fire, A/c crashed at 300 meter from the shore of Greifensee Lake, 4 men bailed out, 2 men were killed in the crash 44-04-24 Altenrhein L B-17G 92BG/407BS 42-97203,‘PY-P’,L at 14:05 hrs 10 INT Pilot decided to land because of a badly wounded crewmember on board. A/c badly damaged. 44-04-24 Dübendorf BL B-17G 92BG/326BS 42-31914,‘JW-S’, BL at 14:29 hrs 10 INT BL due to fuel shortage and damage 44-04-25 Genève L B-24G 450BG 42-78184, ‘The Flying Sac’ 6 INT L due to damage and fuel shortage 44-04-25 Payerne EL B-24H 448BG/713BS 41-28602 10 INT EL due to engine damage and hit trees, and subsequently burned out 44-04-25 Dübendorf L B-24H 453BG/735BS 42-64496 10 INT 44-04-25 Dübendorf L B-24 450BG 42-78184 9 INT 44-04-25 Dübendorf L B-24 448BG/713BS 41-28583 ? ?
Date Location C/L Type Unit Serial Fate Crew 44-05-11 Jegensdorf C B-24 458BG/754BS 41-28738 10 INT acc. to Bob Livingstone a/c was damaged over Yugoslavia and struggled into Switzerland. 44-05-11 Genève L B-24 467BG/790BS 42-50354 10 INT 44-05-27 Payerne L B-17G 91BG/401BS 42-107042,‘LL-Z’, L at 12:17 hrs 9 INT 44-05-27 Payerne L B-24H 458BG/752BS 42-94946 9 INT 44-05-27 Genève EL B-24J 492BG/856BS 44-40102,'5Z-F',EL after 6 missions,10 INT EL due to engine damage and fuel shortage (pilot: Daly) 44-05-27 Dübendorf L B-17G 351BG/510BS 42-31899,‘TU-B’,L at 12:29 hrs 10 INT 44-05-27 Knutwil L B-17G 385BG 42-97603,L at 13:20 hrs 10 INT after landing set on fire by crew 44-05-27 Lutisburg C P-51 ? ? 1 INT 44-06-13 Dübendorf L B-24H 460BG 42-52347 8 INT 44-06-13 Dübendorf L B-24H 484BG 42-52661 10 INT 44-06-13 Magadino L B-17G ? ? 10 INT 44-06-28 Payerne L B-24H 389BG/565BS 42-95056 10 INT L due to damage to engines
Date Location C/L Type Unit Serial Fate Crew 44-07-11 Altenrhein L B-24H 392BG/578BS 42-95033 9 INT L due to engine damage, nosegear broke 44-07-11 Dübendorf L B-24H 445BG/703BS 42-7571, 55 operational missions 10 INT missed the airfield and landed in cornfield 44-07-11 Dübendorf L B-24H 492BG/856BS 42-95196, L due to fuel shortage 10 INT (pilot: Platinski) 44-07-11 Dübendorf L B-17G 447BG/710BS 42-102651,‘IJ-N’, L at 12:23 hrs 10 INT nickname “Piccadilly Ann II’ 44-07-11 Dübendorf L B-17G 92BG/40BS 42-37976,‘PY-Y’, L at 12:45 hrs 10 INT 44-07-11 Dübendorf L B-17G 447BG/710BS 42-37873,‘IJ-F’, L at 13:52 hrs. 10 INT 44-07-11 Altenrhein L B-24H 392BG/576BS 42-51106 10 INT 44-07-11 Dübendorf L B-24J 492BG/857BS 44-40168, '9H-R', 'Tequila Daisy' 9 INT (pilot- Tracey)
B-24 "Tequila Daisy" landed at Dübendorf July 11th 1944
44-07-12 Payerne L B-24H 491BG/855BS 42-51113 10 INT 44-07-12 Payerne L B-24 458BG/753BS 42-95096 10 INT 44-07-12 Payerne L B-17G 457BG 44-6111,L at 14:47 hrs 10 INT 44-07-12 Payerne L B-17G 390BG/570BS 42-97957, ‘DI-H’, L at 14:08 hrs 10 INT 44-07-12 Altenrhein L B-24 448BG/712BS 42-7591 10 INT 44-07-12 Basel/Birsfeld L B-24 389BG/565BS 41-28948 10 INT 44-07-12 Dübendorf L B-24 467BG/790BS 42-52559 10 INT 44-07-12 Dübendorf L B-17G 94BG/410BS 42-102457,‘GL-R’, ‘Gloria’ 10 INT 44-07-12 Fideris/Kublis C B-24 448BG/714BS 42-94735 ? acc. to Bob Livingstone a/c shot down into Lake Constance. 44-07-12 Schlappintal C B-17G 457BG 42-31552,Crashed at 10:00 hrs,4 KIA,6 INT 44-07-13 Emmen L B-17G 100BG 42-31074, 10 ? crashed into electrical wiring of railroad and caught fire. L at 10:22 hrs 44-07-13 Magadina L B-17G 463BG 42-31865,L at 10:18 hrs 10 INT 44-07-13 Payerne L B-17G 100BG/349BS 42-107137,‘XR-O’,L at 11:11 hrs 10 INT 44-07-13 Dübendorf L B-17G ? ?, L at 09:48 hrs ? 44-07-13 Dübendorf L B-17G 303BG/360BS 42-97905, ‘PU-R’,L at 10:06 hrs 10 INT 44-07-13 Bätterkinden C B-24 ? ? 10 ? 44-07-16 Dübendorf L B-17G 96BG? 44-6112,L at 09:28 hrs (385BG?) 10 INT 44-07-18 Dübendorf L B-17G 2BG/489BS 42-31889,L at 11:14 hrs 10 INT 44-07-19 Ems L P-51B ? ? 1 INT 44-07-19 Dübendorf L B-17G 384BG/547BS 42-97237,‘SO-G’,L at 09:52 hrs,9 INT,1 KIA 44-07-19 Dübendorf L B-24J 464BG/776BS 42-99813, "Sleepy Time Gall II" "Red G" pilot: James Moran 10 INT 44-07-19 Obersaxen C B-17G 91BG/323BS 42-107077,Crashed at 09:36 hrs 9 ? 44-07-19 Ossingen C B-24H 465BG 42-52466 8 INT,1 KIA 44-07-19 ? L B-24G 464BG/778BS 42-78339 'Little One' pilot:T.J.MacDonald 44-07-20 Dübendorf L B-24G 450BG 42-78197 9 INT 44-07-20 Payerne L B-17F 379BG/527BS 42-3524,‘FO-G’,L at 12:55 hrs 9 INT Nickname: "Vonnie Gal" 44-07-20 Hemishofen C B-24H 459BG 42-52358 3 INT,1 KIA 44-07-20 Weislingen C B-24H 454BG 42-51132 11 ? 44-07-20 Erlen C B-24H 456BG 42-64470 10 ? 44-07-20 Lindau C B-24G ? 42-78197 8 INT,1 KIA a/c couldn’t land due to damage. Crew bailed out and subsequently the a/c was shot down by a Swiss Bf 109 fighter. 44-07-21 Neslau C B-24J ? ? 8 INT,1 KIA 44-07-21 Dübendorf L B-24H 389BG/565BS 42-95077 10 INT after Landing a/c ran into a Flak-unit 44-07-21 Dübendorf L B-24J 492BG/859BS 44-40290, 'X4-F+' (plt:Walker) 9 INT 44-07-21 Dübendorf L B-24H 490BG 42-94821 10 INT 44-07-21 Dübendorf L B-24H 44BG/68BS 42-95226 10 INT 44-07-21 Dübendorf L B-24H ? ? 9 INT 44-07-21 Dübendorf L B-24H 491BG/853BS 42-95218, '6X-X-' (plt: Scott) 9 INT 44-07-21 Dübendorf L B-24J 492BG/859BS 44-10496, 'X4-Q+' (plt: Wesson) 9 INT 44-07-31 Dübendorf L B-17G 401BG/615BS 42-107092,‘IY-E’,L at 13:46 hrs 9 INT 44-07-31 Dübendorf L B-17G 94BG/332BS 42-38034,‘XM-E’, 9 INT pilot: Lt. Lewis, Nickname: ‘Twats it to you’
Date Location C/L Type Unit Serial Fate Crew 44-08-03 Dübendorf L B-24G 484BG 42-78439 10 INT 44-08-03 Dübendorf L B-17 ? ? 10 INT 44-08-11 Dübendorf L B-24H 489BG/895BS 42-94785, "Struggle Buggy" 9 INT 44-08-16 Dübendorf L B-24 465BG 44-41121 10 INT 44-09-05 Dübendorf L B-24H 389BG/564BS 42-95205 10 INT 44-09-05 Dübendorf L B-17G 390BG/571BS 43-37866,‘FC-B’,L at 11:43 hrs 9 INT 44-09-12 Payerne L B-24H 455BG 41-28989 10 INT 44-09-12 Dübendorf L B-24J 455BG 42-99748 11 INT 44-09-12 Dübendorf L B-24H 455BG 41-28994 10 INT 44-09-13 Dübendorf L B-17G ? ? 9 INT 44-09-22 Dübendorf L B-24H 460BG 41-28997 11 INT 44-09-22 Altenrhein L B-24H 465BG 42-50404 10 INT 44-09-23 Dübendorf L B-17 ? ? 9 INT
Date Location C/L Type Unit Serial Fate Crew 44-10-04 Dübendorf L B-24H 464BG/778BS 42-52485, 'Brown Nose II "White F" pilot: Sam Peskin 10 INT 44-10-12 Vacheriedessous L L-5 ? ? 2 INT 44-10-15 Laufen L P-47 ? ? 1 INT 44-11-16 Magadino L B-24H 464BG/777BS 42-95340,"Chick" 'Yellow L' pilot: John Livermore, 10 INT (3 WIA) 44-11-16 Malix C B-24J 456BG 42-51672 Crew bailed out 11 INT Nickname: "The Lady Patricia" 44-12-09 Altenrhein L B-17 463BS 44-8193,L at 13:59 hrs 3 KIA,7 INT 44-12-25 Wurenlingen C B-24G 450BG/723BS 42-78356 3 KIA,6 INT
Date Location C/L Type Unit Serial Fate Crew 1945 45-02-05 Scarl C B-17G 2BG/429BS 44-6678, Cr at 17:03 hrs 5 INT 45-02-07 Arbedo C B-25 ? ? 6 ? 45-02-22 Buochs EL P-51B 4FG 43-24853, EL in river Rhine 1 INT 45-02-25 Ermensee C B-17 ? ? 9 ? 45-02-25 Diepoldsau L B-17G 96BG/337BS 43-39018,‘AW-P’,L at 13:10hrs 1 KIA,8 INT 45-02-25 Muswangen L B-17G 351BG 43-37854,L at 13:35 hrs 1 KIA,8 INT 45-02-27 Celerina C B-25 ? ? 7 ? 45-02-27 Altenrhein L B-24 455BG 44-48775 11 INT 45-02-27 Dübendorf L B-24 455BG 42-51974 11 INT 45-02-27 Dübendorf L B-24 454BG 42-78458 9 INT 45-02-27 Dübendorf L B-24 459BG 44-49421 10 INT 45-02-27 Dübendorf L B-24 455BG 44-49928 10 INT 45-02-27 Dübendorf L B-17G 99BG/346BS 44-8187,L at 14:41 hrs 11 INT 45-02-27 Trimbach C B-17G 97BG 44-8248,Crashed at 14:48 hrs ? ? shot down by Swiss fighter 45-02-27 Adligenswil C B-24 ? ? 10 ? 45-03-24 Dübendorf L B-24J 459BG 44-41075 9 INT 45-04-08 Dübendorf L B-24 ? ? 9 INT 45-04-08 Dübendorf L B-24 450BG/721BS 42-51153 'Strange Cargo' 10 INT 45-04-16 Zuzgen C B-26 387BG 44-67894 1 KIA, 5 INT 45-04-20 Dübendorf L B-17 ? ? 10 INT
Questions: Who can help me with a tie up of the following B24's with a crash/landing location? Special thanks to mr. Al Blue member of B24BestWeb for his additional information and corrections. Most of the questions have an answer now, but still some questions are left. Anyone having answers? (have a look at above list for the possible locations!) More answers came from: Mr. Bob Hoskinson (464BG/778BS), mr. Bob Livingstone, mr. Werner Fasolin from Gipf-Oberfrick, Switzerland.(45-04-16) B26 mr. Philip Tyler, Lt Col USAFR, Ret. B-24 8th april 1945 at Dübendorf date: serial: unit: crash/landing location? (yy-mm-dd) 43-11-18 42-63971 44BG/68BS Cr. Trollhattan, Sweden, crew INT in Sweden 44-03-16 42-40969 93BG/330BS B24D 'Big Noise' where? 44-03-16 42-100116 93BG/330BS Cr. Schlattingen44-03-18 42-100112 44BG/68BS 'Paper Doll' ? Acc. to mr. Livingstone this was the aircraft that went down at Dietschwil, but mr. Al Blue states that this was the 42-100442 ! 44-07-21 42-110049 44BG/68BS ? Additional information can be e-mailed and is much appreciated You can also use our Air War Forum, so that anyone can learn from it!
Dübendorf in 1944 looked like a US Airbase in the UK!
