ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50499
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| Date: | Saturday 20 May 1944 |
| Time: | 11:48 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-15-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 447th BGp /709th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-37864 |
| MSN: | 8650 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Neerbeek, municipality Beek, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rattlesden/AAF Sta.126, Suffolk |
'Bomb'n Belle' was hit by Flak over the target during a bombing raid on marshalling yards at Liège, Belgium. All ten crew members survived by parachute.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3675&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
http://www.beeksverleden.nl/download/b-17_crash_in_neerbeek.pdf
http://www.beeksverleden.nl/2e_wereldoorlog/de_bezetting/nog_een_vliegtuigcrash_in_beek.html
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 03:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2017 08:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2019 14:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 20:54 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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