ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51479
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 August 1943 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-30-VE Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 385th BGp /548th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-5886 |
| MSN: | 6182 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km SW of Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Ashfield /AAF Sta.155 |
Shot down by Lt Georg Kiefner of the 3./JG 26, flying an Fw 190 A-5 from Woensdrecht airfield.
Call Sign: GX-D
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. P.A. Sommers O-793450 USAAF Margraten B-20-16 Initially buried at Bergen op Zoom Military Cem
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. H.W. Brown O-794624 USAAF Margraten WOM
Navigator 2nd Lt. H.T. Mc Clatchey O-801028 USAAF USA Buried Long Island Nat. Cem.
Bombardier 2nd Lt. H.S. Walker O-738676 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. O.L. Wieneke 16055804 USAAF Margraten WOM
TT Gunner T/Sgt. B.M. Callerini 31128083 USAAF Survived Evaded
LW Gunner S/Sgt. L.B. Stokes 34382203 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. P.F. Crabtree 31116392 USAAF Henri-Chapelle WOM
BT Gunner S/Sgt. J.H. Brown 35366441 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner S/Sgt. J. Schreppel 37202639 USAAF Henri-Chapelle WOM
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2795&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/8423
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 14:26 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2018 08:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2019 21:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 20:37 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2022 05:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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