ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229459
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Date: | Saturday 1 April 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
Owner/operator: | 715th BSqn / 448th BGp USAAC |
Registration: | 42-100356 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | English Channel near Folkstone England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:two Crew 2nd Lt Joseph Pomfret and T/C Charles C Nissen lost
On April 3 8 other crew rescuded by fishing boat taken to Folkestone Hospital
It has been suggested that Possibly this plane was Unknown B-24 Found off Wessex coast???
Sources:
https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/uor-work/alsf-wrecks-seabed http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=5508 Pomfret memorial
https://www.abmc.gov/node/550091 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Sep-2019 17:13 |
nIEMANN |
Added |
20-Dec-2019 08:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Damage, Operator] |
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