ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50854
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | 15:58 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-75647 |
| MSN: | YJ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Metfield (UK) |
Crashed after being hit by German Flak from the sand dunes of Noord-Beveland, Zeeland.
2LT. Joseph E.Wood MIA
Walls of The Missing at the American military cemetery at Margraten.
The aircraft was flying fighter escort on the third day of Operation Argument AKA 'Big Week'
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3455&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/home/1944-02-22-p-47
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/790
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 September 1944 | 42-8628 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Boomcateweg road, Nijverdal, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 17 September 1944 | 42-75815 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 1 | near Vijfsprongweg, Lunteren, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 04:40 | Harmy | Updated |
| 04-Feb-2012 09:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 12-Sep-2016 15:34 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 07:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2020 20:52 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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