ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49631
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 November 1944 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-55-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 96th BGp /338th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-102554 |
| MSN: | 8056 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near 'Zeegers' cafe, Nieuw-Milligen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snetterton Heath/AAF Sta.138, Norfolk |
'Jean O' was hit by flak over Germany. 3 engines out over Zwolle. The aircraft had bombed the marshaling yard at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen.
The pilots performed an emergency-landing; all were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdJF Baugher
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4708&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/1605
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1694
Images:
Taken by my aunt in 1945 when she was cycling.
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 04:59 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2011 12:52 | Anon. | Updated [[Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
| 20-May-2019 19:09 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2019 07:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2019 07:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 16:02 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 06:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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