After their belly landing on the Swedish island of Gotland, the crew of my Dad's B-17 "Liberty Lady" was sent to the village of Rättvik for their internment. Their "domicile" was the Hotell Lerdalshöjden....
Rättvik is where, during World War II, my Dad and his crew were interned after their crippled B-17 “Liberty Lady” belly landed on the Swedish island of Gotland....
In 2012, I toured the university town of Uppsala to retrace the steps my Dad had taken in 1944....
During World War II, British and American airmen lived in Falun at Solliden Pensionat while they were being interned....
On October 1, 1943 Falun was opened as an official camp for interned American flyers. The internees were put up in various hotels and boarding houses. Some even stayed in private homes....
While my son Johnny and I were on the island of Gotland we stayed in historic Visby, Gotland's largest city. ...
We headed for the Swedish island of Gotland. At the end of the day on March 6, 1944, this is where the crew of the Liberty Lady made their final landing, wheels up on a boggy farmer's field. Miraculously all ten crew members climbed...
When we visited the site of the forced landing of the Liberty Lady B-17, we had two possible crash sites: Mästermyr A or Mästermyr B....
Today is Day 1 of "The Grand Tour" for my son and I as we trace the World War II footsteps of my parents....
Like the American Legation during World War II, the German Legation had several locations for their offices. I am trying to clarify what was where....