ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49612
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| Date: | Sunday 26 November 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-25-VE Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 303th BGp /427th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-97691 |
| MSN: | 7056 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Molesworth /AAF Sta.107 Cambridgeshire |
| B.80 Volkel (NL) |
The aircraft was hit by Flak over the target (marshalling yard at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany); the pilots performed an emergency-landing at Volkel.
Crew:
Pilot Capt. R.F. Healy O-755685 USAAF / returned to duty
Co-Pilot 1/Lt. W.W. Wallace Jr. O-692583 USAAF / returned to duty
Navigator 2/Lt. W.G. Mylan O-768832 USAAF / returned to duty
Navigator 1/Lt. R.L. Spooner O-719167 USAAF / buried Arlington Nat Cem VA in the USA
Navigator 1/Lt. N.L. Stuart O-718453 USAAF / buried Long Island Nat Cem N.Y. in the USA
Bombardier 1/Lt. P.R. Sandhagen O-772742 USAAF / buried Margraten cemetery in Limburg; grave O-14-6
Engineer T/Sgt. J.J. Robertson 15070124 USAAF / returned to duty
Radio Operator T/Sgt. P.E. Smith 17065730 USAAF / returned to duty
Waist Gunner S/Sgt. R.T. Leal 39298443 USAAF / POW
Tail Gunner Sgt. V.A. De Liso 33975076 USAAF / POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4725&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
JF Baugher
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 06:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2019 17:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 17:58 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 08:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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