ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 100855
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24H-30-FO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 801th BGp /850th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-95321 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.25 miles west of Eaton Socon, Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cheddington, Buckinghamshire |
The Liberator was engaged in a night navigation exercise when it was attacked by Leutnant Carl-Heinz Friedrich of the 5./KG 51, who had taken off from Soesterberg airfield (the Netherlands) shortly after 01:00 hrs, in an Me 410 A-1/U2; exploded in mid-air.
1st Lt. William E. Huenekens did not survive.
Lt R. Callahan (N) was awarded a Silver Star for saving the life of Lt. R.L. Sanders (B) by buddying on single parachute.
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
2. https://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Carpetbagger-planes.pdf
3. Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2020 08:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2021 11:54 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
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