ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50790
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 March 1944 |
| Time: | 16:14 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-10-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 358th FGp /366th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-75084 |
| MSN: | IA- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Harderwijkerweg 85, Nunspeet, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
The aircraft suffered engine trouble which led to an engine fire. The pilot, Clyde Lee Coldren, tried to bail out but he was too low. He was initially buried at Harderwijk and now buried in Venus (Pennsylvania, USA).
The Thunderbolt was flying fighter escort for USAAF bombers raiding the VKF ballbearing factories at Erkner (Brandenburg), Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3522&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.elspeethistorie.nl/index.php/herdenken-wo2/crash-sites
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9201
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2016 17:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2019 17:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2020 18:24 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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