ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238356
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Date: | Monday 24 April 1944 |
Time: | 13:48 LT |
Type: | Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | USAAF |
Registration: | 42-31921 |
MSN: | PY-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Baltenswil -
Switzerland
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Podington |
Destination airport: | Podington |
Narrative:Shot down by German flak. The pilot tried to land in Dübendorf but crashed on approach. All ten crew-members were killed. The aircraft was completely destroyed.
Sources:
https://warbird.ch/wb-events/unkontrolliert-abgestuerzt/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Jul-2020 16:06 |
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