ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49098
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| Date: | Saturday 24 February 1945 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-14949 |
| MSN: | YJ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km northwest of Vaassen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
The aircraft was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against oil refineries at Hamburg in Germany.
Over Germany, the aircraft was damaged by Flak and crash-landed on return. An explosion wrecked the Mustang and 1/Lt. R. Hilgenberg was killed.
He rests at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in California.
This aircraft was the regular aircraft of Capt. Gene E. Markham.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5311&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/14468
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 October 1944 | 44-14505 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Langeweegje, Kwadendamme, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 25 October 1944 | 44-14558 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 1 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 25 November 1944 | 44-14972 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 1 | near the 'Paters Redemptoristen' monastery at Wittem, Limburg | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Feb-2020 13:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2021 10:08 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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