ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50849
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | 13:52 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51B-5 Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 357th FGp /362th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-6741 |
| MSN: | G4- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | just north of Giessen-Oudekerk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leiston /AAF Sta.373, Suffolk |
The plane crashed after being hit by German Flak.
The pilot, 1st Lt. A.C. Lichter, successfully bailed out and was made POW.
The aircraft was flying fighter escort for USAAF bombers raiding aviation industry at Bernburg, Germany. 22 February is the third day of Operation Argument AKA 'Big Week'.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3458&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://stichting-vliegeniersmonument-giessenlanden-wo2.nl/English/22-2-1944%20P-51B%2043-6741%20crashed%20at%20Giessen-Oudekerk.html
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/790
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 October 1944 | 357th FGp /362th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Molenweg road, Nijmegen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 04:40 | Harmy | Updated |
| 19-Jan-2012 06:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase] |
| 01-Nov-2015 10:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 07:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 21:08 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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