ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51011
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| Date: | Monday 24 January 1944 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 55th FGp /38th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-67520 |
| MSN: | 2031 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heistraat, Stekene, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Nuthampstead, UK |
When over the Dutch - Belgian border, the Lightning was shot down by Feldwebel Gerd Wiegand of the 4./JG 26, flying an Fw 190A from Florennes airfield. The aircraft crashed at Stekene, with the pilot coming down at Hulst, Zeeland. He was wounded and became POW.
In the afternoon, the USAAF raided the Zukunft power station at Eschweiler, Germany.
The aircraft was on an escort flight operation.
Pilot: 2nd Lt. R.S. Thompson O-749115 USAAF
Wiegand claim 12:00, MACR time 12:25 total bogus
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3326&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/de-lightning-van-stekene
http://aircrashsites.co.uk/usaaf-crash-sites-1942-1945/urlg/
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1938
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Apr-2009 12:03 | Harmy | Updated |
| 02-Jun-2017 16:53 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2019 12:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2019 13:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2019 13:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Jan-2019 13:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 21:18 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2022 17:30 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Cn, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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