ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50692
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| Date: | Wednesday 25 October 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-14558 |
| MSN: | YJ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
Whilst flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against Hamburg (Germany), 'Jean III' was hit by .50 caliber machine gun fire from a B-24 bomber.
The pilot did manage to inflate his dinghy but went missing in action.
2/Lt. B.J. French is commemorated at the Margraten Walls of the Missing.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4578&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/14380
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 October 1944 | 44-14505 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Langeweegje, Kwadendamme, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 25 November 1944 | 44-14972 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 1 | near the 'Paters Redemptoristen' monastery at Wittem, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 24 February 1945 | 44-14949 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 1 | 1 km northwest of Vaassen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Oct-2019 18:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2019 18:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2021 14:46 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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