ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50811
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| Date: | Monday 6 March 1944 |
| Time: | 14:50 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-10-BO Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 95th BGp /334th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-31299 |
| MSN: | 6413 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Oranjekanaal canal, Hoogersmilde, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horham/AAF Sta.119, Suffolk |
'She's My Gal II' AKA 'Junior' suffered from battle damage following fighter attack; probably shot down by Oberfeldwebel Scherer of the 1./JG 11, flying an Fw 190A from Rotenburg airfield, Germany.
All crew bailed out. Pilot evaded capture for 4 months, but all were eventually taken prisoner.
Parts recovered in 1988.
The aircraft with call sign BG-M was on an operation to industrial areas of one of the following 'Targets of Opportunity': Kalkeberge (now Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Brandenburg), Oranienburg (Brandenburg), Potsdam (Brandenburg), Templin (Brandenburg), Verden (Niedersachsen) and Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Sachsen-Anhalt).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3496&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5380
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/810
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 06:02 | Harmy | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2011 10:07 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2019 13:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2019 14:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2019 16:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2020 20:26 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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