ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98222
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 43-38568 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | River Deben, Suffolk Coastal District -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Debach, Suffolk, UK |
| return to same |
Ditched shortly after takeoff as a result of engine fire, into River Deben, opposite Ramsholt. Settled in eighteen feet of water. Two crew members survived the crash and were rescued, and eight died in the crash. One crewmember attempted to bail out, but his parachute fouled on the horizonal stabilizer and was fatally injured, or drowned. With the 860th Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group. Mission to Nuremburg, Germany.
Killed in the crash were:
2nd Lt. Irwin F. Roth, O-830960, PA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Axel I. Johnson, O-780360, MA, Navigator
S/Sgt. Anthony J. Baraniak, 36897484, MI, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Leonard L. Deniston, 36784457, IL, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Walter B. Deutsch, 37566186, MN, Radio Operator
Sgt. Francis J. Godfrey, 11139819, CT, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Hatalsky, 16042097, MI, Waist Gunner
Sgt. Norman W. Reck, 19077231, OR, Radar-Radio Countermeasures Specialist
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/12573
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2018 10:40 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2022 19:28 | Gumby778 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Category] |
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