Endcliffe Park

Aircraft crash site
media-35205.jpeg UPL 35205 Wreckage of B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31322 ) nicknamed "Mi Amigo" of the 305th Bomb Group at Endcliffe Park, Sheffield.

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Object Number - UPL 35205 - Wreckage of B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31322 ) nicknamed "Mi Amigo" of the 305th Bomb Group at Endcliffe Park, Sheffield.

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Detailed History

On 22 February 1944 B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-31322) nicknamed "Mi Amigo" crashed in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield killing all 10 crew on board.



After being badly damaged by enemy fighters over the target (Aalborg Luftwaffe base, Denmark) the aircraft limped back to the UK, but crashed 80-miles from base due to battle damage. All the crew were killed instantly.



Children playing football in Endcliffe Park watched as the aircraft's engines cut out and it crashed into woodland behind the park's main playing field.



Sheffield RAF Association erected a memorial stone to the crash in 1969, with 10 American Oak trees planted by the local council to commemorate the crewmen killed in the crash.

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32328869
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner/Assistant Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19072497 / O-687185
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37220156
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: British
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39261909 / O-686153
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mi Amigo
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

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ContributormiAmigo
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Sources

BOND OF COURAGE: THE TRUE STORY OF MI-AMIGO citing USAAF, police, fire service and local authority records from 1944, written by Paul Allonby (2019)

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

Information provided by Sheffield Parks and Countryside Service

Reports of the Crash in the Sheffeild Star 2004 and 2014

Air Crash Sites

Endcliffe Park: Gallery (5 items)