ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49907
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| Date: | Monday 25 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  North American B-25 Mitchell Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 98 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FW194 |
| MSN: | VO-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | dyke near the gas factory, Arnhem, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunsfold, Surrey |
Crashed during a mission to destroy Flak positions at Schaarsbergen, Arnhem.
In aerial combat, the aircraft was shot down by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A fighter aircraft of the IV. Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 54, believed to be flown by Major Wolfgang Späte, the Gruppenkommandeur.
The plane crashed into a dyke, near the John Frost bridge in Arnhem, during the last day of the battle of Arnhem. The gas factory was located at the Broekstraat and Westervoortsedijk roads.
Three crew members died in the crash. One survived:
Pilot F/Sgt. B.L. Williams 428538 RAAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 21 C 13
Navigator F/O. T.J. Lennie 425684 RAAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 21 C 12
Wireless Operator P/O. H.F. Bowmaster RAF - survived
Air Gunner F/Lt. C.B. Carter DFC DFM 132348 RAF Runnymede Memorial 201
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4344&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.theoddbods.org/2013_04/oddsnends03.htm
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/25081-australian-raf-casualty-bruce-williams/
Google Maps
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=37930&highlight=Sp%E4te
http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg54.htm
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/83685/Plaquette-Bombardement-Gasfabriek.htm
LW Claims by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Nov-2015 10:11 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:00 | Faun | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Sep-2019 15:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2019 19:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 20-Sep-2019 15:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 11:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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