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Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss P-40N Warhawk |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 43-23343 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | You County, Zhuzhou, Hunan Province? -
China
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Fuel exhaustion forced the pilot Bosserman to bail out while returning from a combat mission. The pilot went missing and was presumed dead. Location recorded as "Sinshih"[= Xinshi]. Not sure where it refers to as there are lots of Chinese towns with identical pronunciation.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp Cornelius, W. & Short, T. (2004). Ding Hao, America's Air War in China, 1937-1945. Gretna, Louisiana State, USA: Pelican Publishing Company.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Aug-2023 17:23 |
RDV |
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