ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50723
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 October 1944 |
| Time: | 13:49 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-65-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 96th BGp /337th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-37608 |
| MSN: | 8586 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snetterton Heath/AAF Sta.138, Norfolk |
The pilots performed an emergency-landing between the towns of Sprang-Capelle and Waalwijk in Noord Brabant in the Netherlands. All were taken prisoner of war. The Germans moved the aircraft, nick-named 'Chute the Works' to Gilze-Rijen airfield; on the 27th and 28th of October, the Gilze-Rijen area was liberated by troops of the 1st Polish Armoured Division.
The Fortress with call sign 'AW-U' was on an operation to marshalling yards at Kassel/Mittelfeld (Hessen, Germany).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4554&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/11613
JF Baugher
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History,
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 06:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2019 18:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2019 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Oct-2019 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Apr-2020 15:52 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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