ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50812
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| Date: | Monday 6 March 1944 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-5-BO Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 388th BGp /562th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-31135 |
| MSN: | 6348 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Dommerskanaal canal, Weiteveen, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Knettishall/AAF Sta.136, Suffolk |
'Suzy Sagtitz' was shot down in frontal attack by Hauptmann Hugo Frey of the 7./JG 11, who was flying Fw 190 A-6 'weisse 1' from Oldenburg airfield, Germany. The Luftwaffe pilot did not survive this afternoon when his Focke-Wulf was shot down by B-17 gunners, the aircraft crashing approximately 15 km from the Fortress' crash site.
The aircraft with call sign '-W' was on an operation to industrial areas of one of the following 'Targets of Opportunity': Kalkeberge (now Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Brandenburg), Oranienburg (Brandenburg), Potsdam (Brandenburg), Templin (Brandenburg), Verden (Niedersachsen) and Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Sachsen-Anhalt).
One killed, 9 bailed out and taken prisoner of war:
Pilot 1st Lt. M.D. Givens O-741896 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. H.J. Teat O-749110 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. K.H. Betts O-807969 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. L.H. McMillian O-685134 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. R.E. Kesanen 39457861 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. J. Geraghty 12128149 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner T/Sgt. J.E. Karr 13009260 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. W.R. McGee 14164976 USAAF Margraten J-9-3
BT Gunner S/Sgt. T.H. Foulds 16109645 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner Sgt. D. Walstra 15059549 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3497&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5200
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/810
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3512&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 05:55 | Harmy | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2011 09:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2012 01:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2012 03:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 02-Mar-2019 14:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2019 14:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 20:25 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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