ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51586
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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | 13:21 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-90-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 423rd BSqn /306th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-30156 |
| MSN: | 5270 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.L. Tijdensweg, Vriescheloo, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thurleigh / AAF Stn.111 |
On mission to Hannover. Lt. Wesley Courson's plane from the 423rd of the 306 BG. A/C damaged by AAA fire inbound to target, made it to target, fell out of formation and was attacked by fighters near border on the way back. Shot down by Leutnant Gerhard Dittmann of the 12./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield) or by Major Anton Mader of the Stab/JG 11 (flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Jever airfield) at Vriescheloo, the Netherlands.
Radio operator killed by fighter fire on board, all other crew bailed out of burning aircraft.
2 crew members found dead from wounds, still in their parachutes, others captured that day and sent to Dulag Luft. See USAAF Missing Air Crew Report # 127.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2712&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/4124
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Feb-2009 10:30 | dwar | Updated |
| 26-Aug-2011 17:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2011 12:20 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 14:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 16:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2019 21:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2020 17:13 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 10:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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