ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51257
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Date: | Thursday 11 November 1943 |
Time: | 14:50 |
Type: | Boeing B-17G-5-VE Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 94th BGp /331th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-39868 |
MSN: | 6611 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Numansdorp (area A29-Hollands Diep and Molendijk), Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bury St Edmunds /AAF Sta.468 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by Oblt Rudolf Leuschel of the 8./JG 26, flying an Fw 190 A-6 from Cambrai-Épinoy airfield, France. The aircraft was on it's return flight and disintegrated in mid-air.
7 KiA, 3 POW:
Pilot 2nd Lt. R.B. O'Hara O-672396 USAAF Margraten B-14-23 Initially buried Rotterdam
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J.F. Wolf O-742042 USAAF Margraten J-3-15
Navigator 2nd Lt. R.W. Combs O-800230 USAAF Margraten WOM
Bombardier 2nd Lt. R.W. Becker O-676501 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer S/Sgt. H.A. Jeschke 32361478 USAAF Margraten J-3-9
Radio Operator Sgt. E. Goldstein 32412752 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. D.E. Savage 31152617 USAAF Margraten I-7-5
RW Gunner S/Sgt. R.W. Hicklin 38181546 USAAF Margraten O-9-13
BT Gunner Sgt. J.D. Petrus 33367122 USAAF USA
T Gunner Sgt. J. Czwak 32533108 USAAF Survived POW
Call Sign: QE-K
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3074&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/7250 JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
03-Sep-2011 04:37 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
07-Nov-2018 20:35 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-Apr-2020 19:20 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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