BBC1_Look North (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) 22Feb19 - Tony's flypast
Sheffield flypast pays tribute to US airmen killed in wartime crash
Mi Amigo was a B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft & was attempting a crash landing in Endcliffe Park in Sheffield in 1944 – the largest green space for miles – but diverted course for fear of harming Tony Foulds and his friends. Since 1944 Tony has quietly tended to a memorial for the US airmen.
The aircraft was returning from a final mission in Denmark, where the Luftwaffe left it badly damaged. The 10 men on board were:
Pilot Lt John Kriegshauser, from Missouri
Co-pilot 2nd Lt Lyle Curtis, from Idaho
2nd Lt John Humphrey, a navigator from Illinois
Sgt Melchor Hernandez, a bombardier from California
Sgt Harry Estabrooks, an engineer and gunner from Kansas
Sgt Charles Tuttle, gunner from Kentucky
Sgt Robert Mayfield, radio operator from Illinois
Sgt Vito Ambrosio, gunner from New York
Sgt Malcolm Williams, gunner from Oklahoma
Sgt Maurice Robbins, gunner from Texas
Sqn Ldr Samantha Smy: RAF Coningsby
Flt Lt Neil Farrell: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
