ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174153
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Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
Time: | 12:30 LT |
Type: | Boeing B-17G-25-BO Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 379th BGp /526th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-31692 |
MSN: | LF-F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | west of the Im Buchholz road, Hüllhorst, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kimbolton /AAF Sta.117 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The bomber was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter and exploded in mid-air over Holsen, Hüllhorst. Parts of the wreckage rained down in a field at 'Jarrenkamp', west of the Im Buchholz road.
In the afternoon, the USAAF raided aviation industry and industrial areas at Braunschweig, whilst industrial areas at Hannover were struck as a Target of Opportunity.
Crew: http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=90
Sources:
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=90 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5813 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Feb-2015 13:27 |
gerard57 |
Added |
14-Jun-2017 16:15 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Location] |
25-Jan-2019 12:27 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Apr-2020 15:21 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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