ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48944
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 30-MAR-1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 43-37900 |
| C/n / msn: | 8878 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Helmond AB (B-86), Eindhoven -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Polebrook UK |
| Polebrook UK |
Emergency landing 30 March 1945 with flakdamage/2 engines out from Bremen mission. Struck by lightning while 33 Mobile Repair & Replace Sqn repairing. Scrapped 20 May 1945.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1945%20sec_tcm5-7286.pdf
Book: Oorlogsvliegvelden van Gemert Bakel Helmond ISBN 978-90-73621-00-8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 04:04 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
| 06-Mar-2012 01:01 | HFG | Updated [Total occupants, Total fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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