ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52125
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| Date: | Thursday 4 March 1943 |
| Time: | 11:34 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-50-BO Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 91th BGp /324th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-5370 |
| MSN: | 3909 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 10 km E of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn /AAF Sta.121 |
Shot down by four crews of the 8./NJG 1, flying Bf 110s from Twente airfield. This is called a 'Gruppenabschuss'.
Target: Hamm
Call Sign: DF-K
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. H.H. Henderson 0-662782 USAAF Belgium T-5-115 Buried Ardennes American Cem
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. L.B. Zubiri O-728949 USAAF Belgium B-39-24 Initially buried Oksby grave 116 Denmark
Navigator 2nd Lt. J.S. La Rock O-729634 USAAF Belgium B-28-5
Bombardier 1st Lt. W.J.B. Simpson O-659597 USAAF Margraten TT-12-287 Initially buried Pieterburen grave 27-1
Engineer T/Sgt. R.E. Nettles 14035901 USAAF Survived pow
Radio Operator T/Sgt. E. Corrigan 11030809 USAAF Margraten B-34-41 Initially buried at Sylt, Germany 12-5
Air gunner Sgt. J.F. Howorusz 10600431 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Air gunner S/Sgt. J.D. Burton jr. 14037299 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
BT Gunner Sgt. H. Phillips 17047814 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
T Gunner S/Sgt. D.L. Marx 36059272 USAAF Margraten J-3-5 Initially buried at Huisduinen, grave 218
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2087&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 07:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2018 08:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2018 14:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Dec-2019 20:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 17:28 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 07:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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