ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50685
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| Date: | Saturday 28 October 1944 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-50-VE Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 398th BGp /601th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-8199 |
| MSN: | 7599 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Geldersewaard road, Aerdt, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire |
While engaged in an operation against the marshaling yard at Münster (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany), the aircraft with call sign 'W' suffered a double engine failure. First the outer starboard engine was lost, followed by the inner starboard engine. The Fortress came down into the Grote Gelderse Waard. All were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4587&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/16407
JF Baugher
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 May 1945 | 44-8198 | 526th BSqn /379th BGp USAAF | 11 | Woolpack Lane, Braintree, Essex |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 05:58 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2019 09:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2019 09:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Apr-2020 10:12 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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