ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162426
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Date: | Thursday 8 February 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-27010 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Caprignana -
Italy
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Grosseto |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Aircraft shot down by anti aircraft machine guns while dive bombing railway bridges; pilot Lt. Theodore Matula bailed out and was rescued by italian partisans. The Thunderbolt crashed near Caprignana (San Romano Garfagnana territory)
Sources:
http://raf-112-squadron.org/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Nov-2013 18:27 |
jollyroger88 |
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