ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51542
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| Date: | Friday 30 July 1943 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-25-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 381th BGp /532th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3100 |
| MSN: | 8036 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Apeldoorn, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell /AAF Sta.167 |
Damaged by Flak over Kassel and hit by fighter pilot Unteroffizier Ernst Florian of the Stab I./JG 1 (flying an Fw 190A from Deelen airfield) and crash-landed at the Zutphensestraat road.
Call Sign: VE-L
Crew:
Pilot Maj. R.F. Post O-406332 USAAF Survived Evader
Co-Pilot 1st Lt. G.W. Humason O-735380 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. L.N. Hames O-738843 USAAF Survived POW, Evaded but later arrested
Bombardier 2nd Lt. W.G. Tsialas O-733380 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer Sgt. W.H. Kithcart 12038099 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. A.L. Parker jr. 32403566 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner S/Sgt. W.J. Anderson 19062737 USAAF Margraten J-1-17
Air gunner Sgt. H.E. Robbins 13145850 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. F. Fabiano 35384110 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner 2nd Lt. A. Casaly O-797464 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2745&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5051
JF Baugher
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 09:07 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2018 21:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2019 17:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2020 20:25 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2022 07:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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