ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178036
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| Date: | Saturday 29 April 1944 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  North American P-51B-5 Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 354th FGp /355th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-6918 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bad Oeynhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lashenden, Kent |
The plane crashed after a technical failure of the engine. The pilot, Second Lieutenant Richard Hudson, bailed out safely.
The wreckage of the plane was discovered and excavated in the year 1979.
The Mustang was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against Berlin.
Sources:
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=206
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/13761
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1165
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2015 11:25 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Apr-2019 14:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2019 14:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Mar-2020 21:51 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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