ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157772
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:45 claim |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-75-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 339th BSqn /96th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3504 |
| MSN: | QJ-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snetterton Heath /AAF Sta.138 |
'Lady Jean' was damaged in two attacks by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Martin Drewes of the 11./NJG 1 (who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield) and ditched in the North Sea. Another B-17 signalled a rescue launch but all crew were lost. This was the first aircraft with a Bendix chin turret.
Delivered Denver 16/7/43; Scott 11/8/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-F] Snetterton 3/9/43; Missing in Action Kiel 11/1/44 with Russell Ford, Co-pilot: Chas Kizer, Navigator: Ashby Hunter, Bombardier: John McGlynn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Milling, Radio Operator: Alex Crowell, Ball turret gunner: Eugene Raight, Waist gunner: George Tyminski, Waist gunner: Guy Lowery,Tail gunner: Bernie Kritchunas (10 Killed in Action)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6575
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15093-Fortress-crash-10th-January-1944&p=89140#post89140
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jul-2013 10:19 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Apr-2015 22:38 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2019 16:48 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Dec-2019 09:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2019 19:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2019 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Country] |
| 02-Apr-2020 10:19 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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