ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50601
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| Date: | Saturday 8 April 1944 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-67721 |
| MSN: | CL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vorrelveen road, Beilen, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Nuthampstead, UK |
The aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter. The pilot, 1st Lt. T.F. Knudson, did not survive and was buried at Beilen. He now rests at Margraten cemetery.
The Lightning was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against Braunschweig, Oldenburg and Quakenbrück, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3571&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/8930
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1135
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 November 1943 | 42-66732 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 0 | near Schoonebeek, Drenthe | |
w/o |
| 29 November 1943 | 42-67069 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 0 | near Meppel, Drenthe | |
w/o |
| 22 December 1943 | 42-67047 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Onnerpolder, Onnen, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 22 December 1943 | 42-67021 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 1 | prob at Wilsum, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 21 June 1944 | 42-68127 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Waddenzee 3 km NNW of Pieterburen, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Apr-2019 18:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 21:39 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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