ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138431
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Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
Registration: | 44-40112 |
MSN: | 4048 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Trelleborg (Skane), ca. 15 km E -
Sweden
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ..., UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Named "Flak Happy". Crashed in Sweden after raid on Pölitz oil industry:
Hit by Flak over Pölitz during raid oil industry. The whole crew bailed out except for the pilot who reached Sweden and bailed out. The plane crashed into a mountain. Pilot interned in Sweden Jun 20, 1944. 8 KiA, 2 POW, 1 interned.
Sources:
JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Sep-2011 09:31 |
Uli Elch |
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