ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141974
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 729th BSqn /452th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-31810 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Deopham Green/AAF Sta.142, Norfolk |
| Sövde |
Delivering bombs över Basdorf, hit by flak including engine one and four. Escorted by swedish fighter and made an uneventful forced landing at Sövdeborg airstrip. The plane was scrapped after 34 missions an six "kills". The crew was interned and released to the US in 1944. This was one of nine US bombers thal landed at Sövde in august 1944.
Pilot: 2/Lt M M Anderson. .
Sources:
http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j7/lindberg_emil/?action=view¤t=BeredskapFlt21944.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2012 07:20 | Masen63 | Added |
| 12-Mar-2020 09:12 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Apr-2020 15:52 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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