Incident Lockheed F-5E-2 Lightning (P-38J) 43-28619,
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Date:Sunday 26 November 1944
Time:12:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic P38 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed F-5E-2 Lightning (P-38J)
Owner/operator:7th PRGp /27th PRSqn USAAF
Registration: 43-28619
MSN: 422-3634
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Spesshart, Little town east of Calw, Baden Wuerttemberg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Me 262, Hermann Buchner (III./JG7 Kommando Nowotny).
Pilot: Lt Irvin J. Rickey, bailed out, POW

Sources:

Fana de l'aviation - Hors-série n° 46 - October 2011
- JF Baugher

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Oct-2011 11:00 ThW Added
21-Oct-2011 11:02 ThW Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
07-Jan-2012 03:09 Uli Elch Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
30-Nov-2012 04:42 Nepa Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
09-Apr-2016 14:32 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
27-Mar-2019 14:44 Anon. Updated [Location]
28-Mar-2020 19:45 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Operator]

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