ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49760
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1944 |
| Time: | 15:23 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-85-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 92th BGp /327th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-38434 |
| MSN: | 9412 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rhine river near Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Podington/AAF Sta.109, Bedfordshire |
The aircraft with call sign 'UX-B' was damaged over the target at Zwickau (Sachsen, Germany).
On return, hit by heavy Flak from the 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 572 (o) and by light Flak from the 6./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 345 (v) and 6./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 598 (v) near Emmerich (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany).
Five crew members were taken prisoner of war, the other five are missing in action:
Pilot 1/Lt. C.I. Kerr O-814912 USAAF - POW
Co-Pilot 1/Lt. J.L. Vogler O-755798 USAAF - POW
Navigator 2/Lt. W.H. Cummings O-717630 USAAF - POW
Navigator 1/Lt. L.R. Draud O-716595 USAAF - POW
Bombardier 1/Lt. J.S. Barrett O-551889 USAAF - POW
Engineer S/Sgt. D.O. Benjamin 32548197 USAAF Cambridge WOM
Radio Operator T/Sgt. R.E. Devaney 35095150 USAAF Cambridge WOM
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. A.M. Salazar 39858330 USAAF Margraten WOM
Waist Gunner S/Sgt. W.W. Mc Cray 19079463 USAAF Margraten WOM
Tail Gunner S/Sgt. R.L. Moshier 37574635 USAAF Margraten WOM
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4502&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
ww2.dk
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/12439
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1595
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 07:48 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2019 07:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2019 07:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 15:52 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 08:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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