ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49235
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| Date: | Sunday 28 January 1945 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24H Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 44th BGp /66th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-52618 |
| MSN: | V+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Groesbeek and Berg en Dal; Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Shipdham/AAF Sta.115 Norfolk |
The aircraft was damaged by Flak over the target. Southwest of Nijmegen, it lost the third engine and 'Chief Wapello' crashed. All nine crew members returned to duty.
Operation - Dortmund, Germany.
225 B-24s are sent to hit oil targets at Kaiserstuhl (115) and Gneisenau (58); targets of opportunity are Lippstadt (9), Neheim (5) and other (11); bombing is by Gee-H; 7 B-24s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 97 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 7 WIA and 71 MIA. Escorting are 68 of 77 P-51s.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5174&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Aug-2011 15:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2011 16:10 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2011 00:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Jan-2020 20:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2020 20:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2021 16:01 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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