ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183958
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Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-29752 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off Blakeney -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire |
Destination airport: | St Omer, France |
Narrative:The plane was ditched into the sea on May 13, 1943, after its right waist gun fired out of control.
One crew member died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/blakeney-flying-fortress-survivor-in-second-north-sea-drama-two-months-later-1-4394819 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Jan-2016 08:47 |
gerard57 |
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