Date: | Thursday 13 July 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 381st BGp USAAF |
Registration: | 44-6148 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Yeldham - Ridgewell - United Kingdom |
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell /AAF Stn.167 (UK) |
RIDGEWELL, England — Ken Spatz never met his father, a B-17 aircraft waist gunner with the same name, who died in World War II. But last week he visited the site where the B-17 crashed and collected a memento — his father’s long-lost high school ring...https://t.co/8JXuLHQC8l pic.twitter.com/atbUrgDDTZ
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 4 septembre 2018
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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04-Sep-2018 14:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
24-Dec-2018 09:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
17-Sep-2019 20:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
31-Mar-2020 10:02 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |