ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49566
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1944 |
| Time: | 15:17 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-75-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 486th BGp /834th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-37944 |
| MSN: | 8922 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Oudeland' polder at Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sudbury/AAF Sta.174, Suffolk |
In the target area, became a straggler and eventually was emergency-landed in Zuid-Holland. All nine were taken prisoner of war.
'Mr Tacome' was on an operation to the Leuna oil refinery at Merseburg (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4784&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/11950
JF Baugher
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 07:00 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2019 18:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2020 16:04 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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