Incident North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang 43-12463,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 95039
 
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Date:Friday 4 August 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P51 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang
Owner/operator:359th FGp /370th FSqn USAAF
Registration: 43-12463
MSN: 102-24911
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Ljungbyhed (ESTL) (Skane) -   Sweden
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF East Wretham/AAF Sta.133 Norfolk
Destination airport:F5 Ljungbyhed
Narrative:
Short on fuel after raid on Anklam. Landed in Sweden undamaged. Pilot: 2/Lt. Richard O´Neill Rabb.

Later crashed Ljungbyhed (7.10.44) during intended ferry flight to Stockholm, killing the USAAF pilot Talcott, who had performed a reckless "airshow" flying extremely low.

Sources:

http://www.silvervingar.se/Beredskapstid.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 October 1944 43-12463 Flygvapnet/ex USAAF 1 Ljungbyhed (ESTL) (Skane) w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Mar-2011 01:50 Masen63 Added
07-Sep-2011 15:27 Uli Elch Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative]
08-Sep-2011 03:24 Uli Elch Updated [Cn, Narrative]
19-Jan-2012 06:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
23-Jan-2021 10:36 Anon. Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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