John Edli

Military

Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30336 'Miss Nonalee II', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 824.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30336) of the 385th Bomb Group that has crash landed after overshooting the runway. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Overshot landing. R. Bowers.'

42-30336

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Nonalee II
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Events

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POW

On 9 October 1943 B17 42-30336 made a perfect forced landing at the estate Nørholm Gods. Together with other bombers B17 42-30336 was to bomb Marienburg in Germany, but it had engine trouble when it had crossed the North Sea. MACR states: "Aircraft No. 42-30336 of this Group, at 1038 hours, altitude 11,600 feet with No. 2 propeller feathered, turned back at Nymindegab off the Danish coast, after lagging for approximately eight minutes. The ship appeared to be under control until lost to vision." The plane had been over land. It turned around and headed for England when more engine trouble made a new decision necessary. An attempt to fly all the way back to England across the North Sea would be suicide, so it turned around again. Pilot, 1st Lt Glyndon D. Bell ordered the crew to bail out over land. The 10 other airmen were soon captured. Left Waist Gunner, Sergeant John Edli and 9 other airmen from B17 42-30336 were taken to German POW-Camps.  

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Added POW event from source : http://www.airmen.dk/o888435.htm

Combined two entries into a single entry. This record includes information from the following source: MACR 824 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.

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Roger Freeman "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" and "Wally Forman's "B-17 Nose Art Directory" both have the aircraft's nickname as "Miss Nonalee II" (not Nanalee).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 824