ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144504
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Date: | Saturday 24 July 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-17F-35-DL Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 535th BSqn /381st BGp USAAF |
Registration: | 42-3217 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Vännacka N Årgäng -
Sweden
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell / AAF Stn.167 (UK) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:MS-T "Georgia Rebel" belly-landed, after delivering bombs over Herøya, Norway and was hit by flak. The aircraft was one one of ten B-17F lended to Sweden by US during the war, "Georgia Rebel" was brought to F7 Såtenäs AFB and used for parts.
Sources:
http://www.flyghistoria.org/kronologi/1940_1949.pdf Images:
"Georgia rebel" lifted onto a barge
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Mar-2012 13:31 |
Masen63 |
Added |
12-Mar-2020 09:09 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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