ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 148906
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Date: | Saturday 8 April 1944 |
Time: | 14:05 |
Type: | Consolidated B-24H Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
Registration: | 41-28650 |
MSN: | 242/15765 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Salzwedel, Germany -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off from RAF Old Buckenham on US 8th Air Force Mission 291 bombing aircraft factories around Brunswick, Germany. Attacked by enemy fighters, shot down by Bf-109. Pilot Killed by 20mm cannon fire, rest of crew bailed out and survived war as POWs.
Sources:
MACR 3929
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Sep-2012 08:10 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
08-Sep-2012 08:26 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Phase] |
02-Jul-2020 19:12 |
LC66 |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
02-Jul-2020 19:44 |
LC66 |
Updated [Total occupants] |
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