Ingwiller
Aircraft crash site
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 3947 - The smoking wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30709) of the 96th Bomb Group that has crash landed near Ingwiller, France. Handwritten...
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Detailed History
Ingwiller is a commune in Bas-Rhin, France. It witnessed a number of aircraft crashes during the Second World War.
On 14 October 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress 42-30709 crashed landed near the town and all 10 men on board were immediately taken Prisoner of War.
On 24 April 1944, P-47 Thunderbolt 42-76570 crash landed 5km north of Ingwiller, and pilot Henry Kaczynski was captured.
An observation aircraft crashed near the commune on 26 November 1944, allegedly killing the two people on board.
In January 1945, a B-17 Flying Fortress made a forced landing near to Ingwiller and was observed by members of the 103rd Infantry Division who were billeted in the town.
On 29 January 1945, First Lieutenant Richard Daniels was killed in action over Ingwiller, when his P-51 Mustang was shot down by friendly fire and crashed in the nearby commune of Bouxwiller.
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 747131
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Revisions
Information provided by Hugues Danner, honorary mayor of Ingwiller, further detail of aircraft crashes at this location have been populated using information from the associated people and aircraft records, further information from KU896- Downed Allied Aircraft report for Henry Kaczynski and Diary of H K Brown 103rd Infantry Division