ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51314
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| Date: | Sunday 10 October 1943 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-70-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 95th BGp /335th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3497 |
| MSN: | 8433 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lünten, Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horham /AAF Sta.119 |
Hit by Luftwaffe fighters near Greven, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Shot down by Obfw Karl-Emil Demuth of the 2./JG 1 (flying an Fw 190A from Deelen airfield, the Netherlands) and crashed at the Ruhof Farm, Lünten.
Call Sign: OE-O
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. L. Correia O-735057 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. D.W. Dunhaver O-677684 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. R.E. Coffey O-370009 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. F.J. Davis O-736761 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. O.W. Ashworth 14133944 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. J.B. Schneider 12157396 USAAF USA Initially buried Haaksbergen
LW Gunner S/Sgt. R.D. Black 35474211 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner T/Sgt. R. Alexenberg 13152765 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. J.D. Bailey 18217431 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner S/Sgt. R.L. Crawford 18219345 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2957&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6568
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 11:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 07:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 07:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Oct-2018 07:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Country] |
| 01-Apr-2020 08:59 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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