ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50819
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| Date: | Friday 3 March 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 20th FGp /55th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-67705 |
| MSN: | KI- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kings Cliffe (UK) |
The aircraft suffered engine trouble.
The pilot, 2nd Lt. D.D. Goble, did not survive the crash and was buried at Hoek van Holland.
The Lightning was flying fighter escort for USAAF bombers raiding Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The original target, industrial areas at Berlin, were not bombed. However, the P-38's flew over the capital city, the first aircraft of the 8th Air Force to do so.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3489&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1115
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 April 1944 | 42-67719 | 20th FGp /55th FSqn USAAF | 0 | along Krakelingweg, Zeist, Utrecht | |
w/o |
| 9 April 1944 | 42-67192 | 20th FGp /55th FSqn USAAF | 0 | IJsselmeer near Hindeloopen, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 18 April 1944 | 42-68126 | 20th FGp /55th FSqn USAAF | 1 | North Sea 35 km west of IJmuiden, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 14 June 1944 | 42-68170 | 20th FGp /55th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Oxe, Deventer, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 05:56 | Harmy | Updated |
| 28-Feb-2019 16:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 21:33 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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