ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51244
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| Date: | Saturday 13 November 1943 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38H-5-LO Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-66732 |
| MSN: | CL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Schoonebeek, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Nuthampstead, UK |
Engine on fire; pilot bailed out. The aircraft was hit by Luftwaffe fighters whilst on an escort flight operation to Bremen, Germany.
Pilot: 2nd Lt. W.C. Florentine O-740151 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3089&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 November 1943 | 42-67069 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 0 | near Meppel, Drenthe | |
w/o |
| 22 December 1943 | 42-67047 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Onnerpolder, Onnen, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 22 December 1943 | 42-67021 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 1 | prob at Wilsum, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 8 April 1944 | 42-67721 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Vorrelveen road, Beilen, Drenthe | |
w/o |
| 21 June 1944 | 42-68127 | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Waddenzee 3 km NNW of Pieterburen, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Nov-2018 08:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2018 10:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 28-Mar-2020 19:13 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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