ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240649
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Date: | Sunday 4 July 1943 |
Time: | 12:00 |
Type: | Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-29928 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | La Colounce, L'Orne -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Ridgewell Field, Essex, UK |
Narrative:Shot down while returning from a raid on the Gnome-Rhone aero engine plant at LeMans. Flak destroyed the aircraft's oxygen system and the plane was forced to lower elevations. While headed back to Ridgewell Field in Essex, England, several Bf109's attacked over the Andaine Forest. The plane was abandoned when the horizontal stabilizer was smashed up against the tail structure by cannon fire. The plane went down at Val-de-Vee just south of La Coulonche. There were 3 KIA's, 2 POW's and 5 EVD.
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=3574 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/3874 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Aug-2020 08:51 |
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