ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211038
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-40-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 359th BSqn /303th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-5243 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Helgoland island -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Molesworth /AAF Sta.107 Cambridgeshire |
'FDR's Potato Peeler Kids' was shot down by the Luftwaffe, possibly by Unteroffizier Hans Meissner of the 6./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 from Schleswig airfield.
Target: Kiel
Call Sign: BN-P
Crew:
Pilot: Capt Ross Bales
Co-pilot: Walt Dooley
Navigator: Dan McColl
Bombardier: Rhude Mathis
Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Kilgore
Radio Operator: Ray Winter
Ball turret gunner: Joe Zsampar
Waist gunner: Jack Snell
Waist gunner: Francis O’Reilly body washed up 10/8/43
Tail gunner: Ed Van Ravenstein
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/7926
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-May-2018 14:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-Sep-2019 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 17:35 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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