ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89463
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 91th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-107178 |
| MSN: | 22093 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | in Baltic Sea off Örnahusen, 13 km SSW Simrishamn (Skane) -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn /AAF Sta.121 |
Bombing mission over Berlin, attacked by Luftwaffe on the return. Cable fire. Captain ordered to jump over Germany. Due to broken intercom only three heard the order (pilot, 2nd pilot, navigator POW). Remaining six flew to Sweden, five more jumped, two drowned. Pilot/bomber selected a field but instead of crashing into a house pilot stalled and crashed into the sea, a few hundred meters from the beach. Pilot/bomber Fänrik Frederic T Neel Jr drowned.
Sources:
https://www.dykarna.nu/dykplatser/skillinge-flygande-fastning-b17g-42-107178-622.html
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/42-107178
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2011 00:05 | Masen63 | Added |
| 26-Aug-2011 18:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 07-Sep-2011 14:40 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2011 14:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 25-May-2015 07:15 | Ing Edcker | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2020 15:41 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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