ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49630
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 November 1944 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24H-25-FO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 446th BGp /706th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-95180 |
| MSN: | RT-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eem estuary, IJsselmeer, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bungay, Suffolk |
'Satan's Little Sister' was hit by Flak over the target. The crew abandoned the aircraft over the IJsselmeer lake.
The mission description reads:
366 B-24s are sent to hit the Dpag (178) and Rhenania (171) oil plants at Hamburg; 4 B-24s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 220 damaged; 19 airmen are KIA, 8 WIA and 89 MIA.
Crew:
Pilot 1/Lt. J.H. Quinn O-818301 USAAF / evaded capture
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. M.O. Simmons O-771139 USAAF / evaded capture
Bombardier 2/Lt. R.F. Brooks O-717741 USAAF / washed up near Spakenburg (province of Utrecht) 6 Feb 45. Buried Highland Mem Cem Knoxville in the USA; grave 20-298-5.
Engineer T/Sgt. P.J. Flaherty 12090834 USAAF / buried Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium; grave B-40-15.
Radio Operator T/Sgt. J.W. Cahill 19163408 USAAF / Margraten cemetery in Limburg; grave J-1-8
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. F.H. Pietzsch Jr. 3856350 USAAF / washed up 17 Mar 45. Buried Taylor City Cem. Texas in the USA; grave 3-27.
Waist Gunner S/Sgt. L.R. Hoyal 38461510 USAAF / washed up near Kampen (Overijssel) 8 Feb 45. Buried Nat. Cemetery San Antonio in the USA.
Waist Gunner S/Sgt. B.F. Tillitson 17065729 USAAF / washed up near Kampen (Overijssel) 4 Mar 45. Buried Arlington Nat. Cemetery in the USA; grave 34-3374
Tail Gunner S/Sgt. J.S. Todd 35090214 USAAF / washed up near Kampen (Overijssel) 8 Feb 45. Buried Paint Creek Cem Indiana in the USA; grave 88
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4710&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9992
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1694
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Oct-2019 07:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 19:57 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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