ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49759
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1944 |
| Time: | 13:18 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-90-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 100th BGp /350th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-38531 |
| MSN: | 9509 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tiggelt hamlet, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorpe Abbotts/AAF Sta.139, Norfolk |
The aircraft with call sign 'LN-B' ran out of fuel and was eventually hit by Flak. A crash-landing was the result.
'Sad Flak' was on an operation to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG (BRABAG) synthetic oil refinery at Böhlen (Sachsen, Germany).
Crew:
Pilot 1/Lt. A.W. Grigg O-817663 USAAF - POW
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. H.L. Moulder Jr. O-824171 USAAF - POW
Navigator F/O. F.W. Dace T-127663 USAAF - POW
Bombardier 2/Lt. R.E. Westerburg O-685907 USAAF - POW
Engineer T/Sgt. J.V. Mc Donald Jr. 38434426 USAAF - POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. V.V. lockard 33507231 USAAF - POW
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. L.M. Rogers 34772181 USAAF - POW
Waist Gunner S/Sgt. S.J. Broussard 38204402 USAAF - buried USA
Tail Gunner S/Sgt. R.H. Gunn 37536334 USAAF - buried USA
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4504&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/12536
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 07:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2019 07:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 15:53 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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