ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225572
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Date: | Tuesday 30 May 1944 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Consolidated B-24H-20-FO Liberator |
Owner/operator: | 489th BGp /846th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-94854 |
MSN: | 8R- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea -
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Halesworth, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft ran out of fuel and was ditched on the sea.
The Liberator was on an operation to an aviation depot at Oldenburg (Niedersachsen, Germany).
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. E.T. Clark O-693847 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. H.W. Buker jr. O-818589 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier F/O. H.L. Vought T-123350 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer S/Sgt. F.G. Vosters 16086530 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator S/Sgt. G.C. Davis 37505929 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner S/Sgt. D. Gager 18225973 USAAF Survived POW
Nose Gunner Corp. K.O. Longley 3978567 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. W.M. Devaux 31344249 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner S/Sgt. A.L. Pellini 39204986 USAAF Margraten WOM
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3744A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9878 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/88 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-May-2019 16:48 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
27-Jan-2021 11:45 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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