ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 148944
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| Date: | Thursday 14 October 1943 |
| Time: | 14:56 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-35-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 384th BGp /545th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3216 |
| MSN: | 8152 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rambluzin-et-Benoite-Vaux (17 km SSW Verdun), Meuse, Grand Est -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grafton Underwood /AAF Sta.106 |
Enemy aircraft blew off the nose. 'The Joker' was shot down by Unteroffizier Hans Ahrend of the 3./JG 2 (flying an Fw 190 A-6 from Conches airfield) during a raid on Schweinfurt. Possibly also hit by Hauptmann Fritz Söthe of the 3./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield, Belgium. 7 KIA, 3 evaded. MACR 841
Call Sign: JD-S
Crew: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6286
Sources:
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6286
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
- JF Baugher
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1944 | 42-102650 | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) | Poltava AB |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2012 14:13 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Sep-2012 14:54 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2012 15:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date] |
| 12-Oct-2018 13:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2018 13:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 01-Apr-2020 09:11 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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