ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50297
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 08:55 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-130-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 94th BGp /332th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-31013 |
| MSN: | 6127 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bavel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bury St.Edmunds/AAF Sta.468, Suffolk |
The aircraft suffered a direct Flak hit in the left wing, between the #1 and #2 engines. This Flak shell was fired by the Gilze-Rijen airfield Flak defences. The aircraft exploded in mid-air.
'Myassam Dragon' was on an operation to a ball bearing plant at Regensburg (Bayern, Germany).
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. K.L. Gregg O-758332 USAAF USA Buried Fort Snelling Nat Cem
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. K.E. Smith O-819422 USAAF USA
Navigator 2nd Lt. J.T. Peterson O-708549 USAAF USA
Bombardier 2nd Lt. J.J. George O-704184 USAAF USA
Engineer S/Sgt. J.G. Price 33460572 USAAF USA
Radio Operator S/Sgt. F.R. Kendig 33249069 USAAF USA
LW Gunner Sgt. W.L. Woolf 35050727 USAAF Margraten D-20-12
RW Gunner Sgt. L.W. Neal 34708771 USAAF Margraten A-1-9
BT Gunner Sgt. J.M. Zagula 31286912 USAAF USA
T Gunner Sgt. C.H. Allen 19158829 USAAF USA
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3895&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5066
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/193
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1172
Google Maps
JF Baugher.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 09:26 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2019 14:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2020 10:06 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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