ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98232
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Date: | Thursday 1 March 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-38035 |
MSN: | 8821 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
Other fatalities: | 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ostend, West Flanders -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38273 on mission to Ulm; fuselage cut in half. Tail gunner rode the tail section to the ground and was rescued by the underground.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp - JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Jun-2014 21:00 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
22-Nov-2020 20:06 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location] |
07-Nov-2022 02:24 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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