ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51713
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 09:25 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-25-VE Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 384th BGp /547th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-5850 |
| MSN: | 6146 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Smalbroek, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grafton Underwood (UK) |
Hit by Luftwaffe fighters and crashed at Beilen, Netherlands on mission to Hamburg, Germany.
1 KiA, 9 POW.
Call Sign: SO-M
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. J.W. Smith 0-661982 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot Maj. S.L. Mc Millen 0-346838 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator Capt. J.W. Foister 0-443165 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 1st Lt. F.J. Meyers 0-731085 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. R.H. Buckley 19074146 USAAF Margraten J-18-12 Initially buried at Beilen Gen Cem as unknown
Radio Operator T/Sgt. J.J. Reichwein 35356402 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. D.A. Pratt 31151081 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. S.W. Mac Arthur 32323547 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. L.T. Jones USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner 1st Lt. A.W. Nelson 0-372287 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2582&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 07:27 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2018 11:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2019 21:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 17:51 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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