ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50157
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| Date: | Monday 11 September 1944 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 361th FGp /375th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-103749 |
| MSN: | E2- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eerde, Ommen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottisham /AAF Sta.374 Cambridgeshire |
John Lougheed served as a pilot with the 361st Fighter Group. On 11 September 1944, he flew Billy Kemp's Plane P-51C the" Betty Lee'" 42-103749 was sucked in the propwash of B-24 42-95138 and crashed into the bomber's tail. Lougheed was killed, and the tail gunner.
He was initially buried at Ommen, but now rests in the United States of America.
The Mustang was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against an engine factory at Hannover (Niedersachsen, Germany).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4011&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2098
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1495
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 May 1944 | 43-24783 | 361th FGp /375th FSqn USAAF | 1 | North Sea 16 km west of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 26 November 1944 | 361th FGp /375th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Aug-2019 19:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2019 19:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2021 10:31 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2021 07:08 | Laura White | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2021 10:57 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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