ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50724
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 October 1944 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24J-1-FO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 44th BGp /68th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-50596 |
| MSN: | WQ-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Buttinge, Grijpskerke, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Shipdham/AAF Sta.115 Norfolk |
The tail unit was torn off by a direct Flak hit over Zeeland.
Ironically but sadly, the aircraft was nick-named 'Flak Magnet'.
The Liberator was on an operation to the Bayer chemical industry at Leverkusen (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany).
Crew:
Pilot 1/Lt. E.C. Lehnhausen O-764355 USAAF - buried Luxembourg American Cemetery; grave B-7-11
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. C. Dolan Jr. AM, PH O-825804 USAAF - buried Margraten cemetery in Limburg; grave B-3-32
Navigator 2/Lt. L. Witkin O-701359 USAAF - buried USA
Engineer S/Sgt. R.D. Haynam AM, PH 35610332 USAAF - buried Luxembourg American Cemetery; grave I-7-10
Radio Operator S/Sgt. E.C. Fuxa AM, PH 18194853 USAAF - buried Margraten cemetery; grave B-12-12
Nose Gunner Sgt. B.C. Davis AM, PH 34248774 USAAF - buried Margraten cemetery; grave M-5-3
Left Waist Gunner Sgt. C.E. Adams 34735355 USAAF - buried USA
Right Waist Gunner Sgt. W.C. Young 36743059 USAAF - buried USA
Tail Gunner Sgt. N. Gunter 14195404 USAAF - buried USA
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4555&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/7583
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History,
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Aug-2011 15:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 26-Aug-2011 16:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2012 11:50 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants] |
| 09-Oct-2019 18:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2021 15:58 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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