ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155262
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| Date: | Saturday 8 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24J-130-CO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 453th BGp /734th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-110076 |
| MSN: | 3872 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Old Buckenham, Norfolk |
Lost, no further details. The surviving crew member, 2nd Lt. Frank Gerhardt, was taken prisoner of war.
The Liberator was on an operation to aviation industry at Braunschweig, Germany.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2727
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/850
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 1945 | 44-49017 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF | Hsinching Airfield (A-1) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2013 15:47 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 18-Apr-2013 16:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn] |
| 02-Apr-2019 14:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2021 15:17 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2021 15:18 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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