ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50324
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Date: | Thursday 29 June 1944 |
Time: | 11:03 LT |
Type: | Boeing B-17G-15-DL Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 95th BGp /335th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-37889 |
MSN: | 8675 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Vroomshoop, Overijssel -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Horham /AAF Sta.119, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:'Pride of Vhelhalis' was hit by Flak over the target. The pilot succesfully performed an emergency landing. Eight were taken prisoner of war, while two evaded capture and returned to the UK.
The Fortress with call sign OE-L was on an operation to aviation industry (Arado Flugzeugwerke) at Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3850&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6812 JF Baugher
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https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
03-Sep-2011 03:33 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
27-Jun-2019 06:53 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Jun-2019 07:15 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
02-Apr-2020 16:06 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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