ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50312
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| Date: | Friday 7 July 1944 |
| Time: | 08:04 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-40-VE Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 390th BGp /570th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-97983 |
| MSN: | 7348 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | northern part of Bobeldijk, Berkhout, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Framlingham/AAF Sta.153, Suffolk |
Collided with B-17G 42-107070 over Hoorn; exploded before hitting the ground. 5 KiA, 4 POW, 1 evaded.
(8 KiA / 2 POW in 42-107070).
The Fortress with call sign 'DI-Z' was on an operation to an oil refinery (Leuna) at Merseburg (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany).
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. L.F. Cribbs O-815088 USAAF Margraten C-21-7
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J.C. Blickensdorfer O-820707 USAAF USA
Navigator 2nd Lt. R.E. Outman O-707316 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. L.P. Glaser O-761292 USAAF Margraten M-4-7
Engineer S/Sgt. A.E. Gifford 32602619 USAAF USA Buried Long Island Nat. Cem. NY.
Radio Operator S/Sgt. A.J. Coffey 11082234 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner Sgt. A.F. Brown 35343610 USAAF Survived evader
RW Gunner Sgt. J.E. Grove 13169409 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner Sgt. M.F. Stanford Jr. 35140853 USAAF Margraten J-16-6
T Gunner Sgt. C. Brown 35267329 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3857&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/11058
Google Maps
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 05:57 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2019 19:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2020 16:03 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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