ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207746
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| Date: | Thursday 18 March 1943 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-25-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 358th BSqn /303th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-24558 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | the flats on the Jadebusen (Jade Bight), near Wilhelmshaven -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Molesworth /AAF Sta.107 Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by Oblt. Walter Borchers of the 8./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 from Stade airfield. Also hit by Flak.
'Hunga Dunga' was on a mission to bomb the submarine construction yards at Vegesack, Germany.
Call Sign: VK-F
Crew:
P 1LT Charles N. Austin (POW); CP 1LT Norbert B. Feldman (KIA)
N 1LT Richard G. White (POW); B 1LT Robert A. Coltrane (KIA)
E/TTG SSGT Samuel O. Snipes (POW); RO SGT Bernard A. Gergash (POW)
BTG SSGT Alex Le Blanc (KIA); LWG SGT Eugene W. Eckard (POW)
RWG SSGT Delbert Mikkelsen (KIA); TG SGT Fred O. Deal (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/465
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2018 10:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-Mar-2018 10:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2019 07:20 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 17:30 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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