ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50251
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| Date: | Friday 11 August 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24J-135-CO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 453th BGp /734th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-110089 |
| MSN: | E8- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 16 km off North Foreland, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Old Buckenham, Norfolk |
The Liberator was on an operation to marshalling yards at Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France).
The aircraft was ditched on the North Sea. Four crew members are missing in action:
Pilot 2nd Lt. W.D. Freed O-701062 USAAF - Margraten cemetery; I-9-8
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. R.L. Stevenson O-713901 USAAF Survived - returned to duty
Navigator 2nd Lt. E.S. Norton Jr. O-719135 USAAF - cemetery in the USA
Bombardier 2nd Lt. R.L. Schmidt O-716965 USAAF - cemetery in the USA
Engineer S/Sgt. E.T. Soine 35635050 USAAF Survived - returned to duty
Radio Operator S/Sgt. K.J. Blackwell 32181241 USAAF Cambridge WOM
Nose Gunner Sgt. P.R. Byers 15121806 USAAF Cambridge WOM
LW Gunner Sgt. E.L. Reintgen 13086963 USAAF Cambridge WOM
RW Gunner Sgt. J.L. Labin Jr. 35867431 USAAF Cambridge WOM
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3920A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 April 1944 | 42-50322 | 453th BGp /734th BSqn USAAF | 10 | North Sea |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jul-2019 18:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2019 18:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2021 15:19 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator] |
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