ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51299
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Date: | Thursday 14 October 1943 |
Time: | 13:40 |
Type: | Boeing B-17F-75-DL Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 305th BGp /366th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-3549 |
MSN: | KY-H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lange Beemden, Horn, Limburg -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Chelveston /AAF Sta.105 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by Flg. Gunther Ewald of the 9./JG 1, flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Leeuwarden or Eelde airfield, the Netherlands. 4 KiA, 6 POW.
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. C.W. Willis O-738316 USAAF Margraten K-8-7 Initially buried at Roermond
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J.T. Emperor O-799358 USAAF USA
Navigator 2nd Lt. C.W. Cramer O-801434 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. W.E. Dixon O-739078 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. F.J. Karns 12055437 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator S/Sgt. A.B. Citron 33053662 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. E.J. Sedinger 33349595 USAAF Belgium B-35-11 Buried Ardennes American Cemetery
RW Gunner S/Sgt. J.L. Gudaitis USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. B.E. Snow 19160830 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner Sgt. N. Stanchak 32557916 USAAF USA
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2972&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6620 JF Baugher
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
17 August 1943 |
42-30159 |
366th BSqn /305th BGp USAAF |
2 |
Rue Emile Vandervelde, Wegnez, Pepinster, Liège |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
02-Sep-2011 12:02 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
12-Oct-2018 07:03 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-Apr-2020 09:10 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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