ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234679
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| Date: | Saturday 22 April 1944 |
| Time: | 22:10 claim |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24H-15-DT Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 448th BGp /715th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-28843 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | marshes near Kessingland, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Seething/AAF Sta.146, Norfolk |
'Repulser' was returning from an operation against Hamm in Germany, when it was shot down by intruder pilot Feldwebel Johann Trenke of the 6./KG 51, who was flying an Me 410 A-1/U2 from an airfield in the Netherlands. The starboard wing root engulfed in flames and as the aircraft descended, the entire wing detached. Second Lieutenant Eugene V Pulcipher and his crew did not survive.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/825
Google Maps
'The Last Blitz' by MacKay & Parry
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2020 18:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jan-2021 10:21 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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