ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50259
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| Date: | Friday 4 August 1944 |
| Time: | 20:25 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 353th FGp /350th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-76268 |
| MSN: | LH- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Denekamperstraat, De Lutte, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
The aircraft was hit by Flak and caught fire. The pilot, 2nd Lt. H.Y. Aldridge, bailed out but did not survive. He now rests in the United States of America.
Crash location coordinates: 52.32545,6.94466
The Thunderbolt was on a dive bombing operation to Plantlünne airfield, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3914&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
http://www.luchtoorlogboventwente.nl/440804USA.php
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 May 1944 | 42-76320 | 353th FGp /350th FSqn USAAF | 0 | along the Lycklamavaart channel, Ravenswoud, Friesland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Apr-2016 09:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2019 19:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2020 15:04 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2022 13:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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