ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52126
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| Date: | Thursday 4 March 1943 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-35-BO Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 368th BSqn /306th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-5129 |
| MSN: | 3668 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 64 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire |
Badly damaged and set on fire by Uffz. Reinhard Flecks and Uffz. Hans Meissner of the 6./JG 1, both flying an Fw 190A from Woensdrecht airfield. They crew probably jettisoned the bomb load while under fighter attack: nine bombs hit two schools and two houses at Den Briel near Hoek van Holland. Four Dutchmen and between sixty to seventy children were killed.
Target: Hamm
Call Sign: BO-
Crew:
Pilot Capt. W.E. Friend 0-385065 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Co-Pilot 1st Lt. A.E. Cuddeback O-442742 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Navigator 1st Lt. G.W. Owens O-727045 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Bombardier 2nd Lt. G.W. Frederick O-726142 USAAF Margraten C-18-10
Engineer T/Sgt. W.E. Cherry 16019073 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Radio Operator T/Sgt. M.E. Snover 39164266 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Air gunner Sgt. S.C. Guiou 06143783 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
BT Gunner S/Sgt. G.G. Shoemaker 06698717 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
T Gunner T/Sgt. E.P. Garland 06278073 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2085&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://books.google.nl/books?id=RWhIAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=Uffz.+H.+Meissner&source=bl&ots=7HJWep4aCI&sig=0ByxXPbFdHEC22im1OB9_JbWue4&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWx5K93M_ZAhXRh7QKHZSZCEkQ6AEIUzAL#v=onepage&q=Uffz.%20H.%20Meissner&f=false
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 07:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2018 08:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2018 13:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Dec-2018 19:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 07:32 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 17:27 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 00:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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