Incident North American B-25 Mitchell Mk III HD391,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49163
 
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Date:Tuesday 13 February 1945
Time:11:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American B-25 Mitchell Mk III
Owner/operator:180 Sqn RAF
Registration: HD391
MSN: EV-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Aardenburg, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.58 Melsbroek, Belgium
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 08:10 hrs for an operation to Weeze in Germany.
On return, one of the bombs could not be released and so the crew abandoned the aircraft, 500m south of Aardenburg. All four returned to duty.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5241&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
08-Feb-2020 21:03 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Feb-2020 21:04 TigerTimon Updated [Phase]
12-Jun-2022 03:15 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Narrative]

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