ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50238
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Date: | Tuesday 15 August 1944 |
Time: | 13:00 LT |
Type: | Boeing B-17G-35-DL Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 385th BGp /549th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-107135 |
MSN: | 22050 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ijsselmeer 5 km E of Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Great Ashfield/AAF Sta.155, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:'Homesick Angel' was damaged by Flak on an operation to Münster-Handorf airfield (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany).
The Fortress, carrying the call sign 'XA-N' was ditched on the IJsselmeer lake. All were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3928&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2533 Google Maps
JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Sep-2011 05:27 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
20-Jul-2019 07:23 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Apr-2020 10:08 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
16-Jun-2022 22:01 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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