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| Date: | Sunday 9 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF 728th BS 452nd BG |
| Registration: | 42-31352 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | crashed in the Baltic Sea off Laaland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deopham Green, England |
| Poznan, Poland |
US Army Air Forces 728th Bombardment Squadron 452nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force Boeing B-17G-15-BO Fortress 42-31352 'Iron Bird' out of Deopham Green, England on 9 April 1944 on a combat bombing mission to the target Poznan, Poland. [MACR 3661] The B-17 was attacked by several FW-190 enemy fighters and both inboard engines were aflame, the pilot tried to extinguish the flames by a whipstall procedure apparently to no avail. The B-17 crashed in the Baltic Sea off Laaland, Denmark.
Sources:
https://hotvetsmem.com/ww2cas/ww2callahan/hotww2hrbiocallahan.html#MVP
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2024 18:31 | drayjones | Added |
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