ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51304
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Date: | Thursday 14 October 1943 |
Time: | 13:45 |
Type: | Boeing B-17F-80-BO Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 423rd BSqn /306th BGp USAAF |
Registration: | 42-29971 |
MSN: | 5085 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bourgognestraat, Beek, Limburg -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Thurleigh / AAF Stn.111 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by a Werfer-Granate 21 rocket fired from a Ju 88 Zerstörer and exploded. 4 KiA, 6 POW.
Call Sign: RD-F
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. V.K. Cole O-796309 USAAF USA Initially buried at Maastricht
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. R.E. Partridge O-675280 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. R.E. Kuehn O-676077 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. J.M. Columbus O-735276 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. R.D. Folk 36181410 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. R.C. Shields jr. 14105271 USAAF Margraten H-14-16
LW Gunner S/Sgt. F.W. Zumpf 11066589 USAAF Margraten B-20-28
RW Gunner S/Sgt. A.H. Wright 11066477 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. D. Richardson 37228846 USAAF USA
T Gunner S/Sgt. I.J. Mills 31248306 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2974&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/3922 JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
02-Sep-2011 09:02 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
12-Oct-2018 12:04 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Feb-2020 17:11 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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