ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49020
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Date: | Thursday 15 March 1945 |
Time: | 16:45 LT |
Type: | North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang |
Owner/operator: | 356th FGp /359th FSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 44-15274 |
MSN: | OC-N |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near the Kroezendijk road at Silvolde, Gelderland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The pilot, 1/Lt. R.A. Batie, bailed out due to mechanical problems and was taken prisoner of war. The aircraft suffered engine failure, diagnosed by low oil pressure prior to smoke being seen from the exhaust stacks.
'Moja Halka' was flying fighter escort for the USAAF bomber operation against marshalling yards at Oranienburg, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5386&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/14512 https://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/603 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
12-Mar-2020 10:00 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Jan-2021 10:16 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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