ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50431
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 May 1944 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51B-15-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 363th FGp /382th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-106887 |
| MSN: | C3- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Knapzaksteeg, Putten, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Staplehurst, Kent |
The aircraft suffered a Flak hit in the coolant over Quakenbrück (Niedersachsen, Germany).
The pilot, 2nd Lt. C.A. Stearns, performed a belly-landing and evaded capture.
The Mustang was flying bomber support for the USAAF operation against aviation industry at Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3746&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2348
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/88
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 April 1944 | 43-6761 | 363th FGp /382th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Waddenzee E of Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 21 June 1944 | 43-6952 | 363th FGp /382th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Schermerhorn, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-May-2019 16:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2019 16:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2021 21:01 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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