Accident North American P-51B Mustang 43-12477,
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Date:Wednesday 2 February 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P51 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American P-51B Mustang
Owner/operator:363th FGp /382th FSqn USAAF
Registration: 43-12477
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Burden Farm, Tresham, Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Sunninghill /AAF Sta.471
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed at Burden Farm, Tresham, Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Pilot - Lt Paul A Pederson - killed.

Station 471 was actually RAF Station Keevil.
Sunninghill Park was a large country house used as the HQ of the 9th USAAF. It had the Station No. 472 but was not an airfield.

Sources:

http://www.accident-report.com/world/europe/uk/uk4402.html
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaat.asp?offset=14475
http://www.gitrace.org/station%20numbers.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Sep-2011 16:39 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Nov-2011 19:02 angels one five Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
19-Jan-2012 06:40 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
26-Mar-2020 20:20 DG333 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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