ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155447
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| Date: | Saturday 18 March 1944 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24-J-105-CO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 392nd BGp /577th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-109826 |
| MSN: | 3622 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Diessenhofen -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wendling |
| Wendling |
Named "The Late Date II". Crashed on 18/03/1944 at Dubendorf, near Zurich in Switzerland and five of the ten crew were interned. Four bailed out and were taken PoW, and one was killed baling out.
Crew
P l/LT Haffermehl, George T. POW
CP 2/LT MacMullen, Donald H. INT
N 2/LT Parks, Kenneth C. INT
B 1/LT Poppel, Samuel B. INT
R/O T/S Beausoleil, Leon J. INT
EnG T/S Parker, Earl S. POW
BG S/S Mitchell, Jewell W. INT
WG S/S Harwick, Michael G. POW
WG S/S Wagner, Frederick J. KIA
TG S/S Landry, Louis H. POW
Eye-witness accounts of returning aircrews had no observations to report concerning the loss of this aircrew and plane. Later facts revealed that this aircraft had come under fighter attacks on the route outbound after target: the Pilot, Flight Engineer, both Waist Gunners and the Tail Gunner bailed out over Germany near Rottweil and were taken prisoner except for one Waist Gunner, Sgt. Wagner, who was killed when his parachute did not open; and the Co Pilot stayed with the ship and diverted it to Switzerland, crash landing the plane safely at Dubendorf Field (near Zurich) where he, the Navigator, Bombardier, Radic Operator and Ball Turret Gunner were interned. Their aircraft crash landed a Dubendorf at 1545 hours of the mission day.
Sources:
http://swissinternees.tripod.com/aircraft.html
http://www.b24.net/missions/MM031844.htm#03331
https://warbird.ch/wb-events/panik/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2013 12:52 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 21-Apr-2013 13:10 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2013 13:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 08:38 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Jul-2020 16:55 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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