ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207748
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| Date: | Thursday 18 March 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-5-VE |
| Owner/operator: | 360th BSqn /303th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-5723 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | a field four miles south of RAF Molesworth -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Molesworth /AAF Sta.107 Cambridgeshire |
Sustained battle damage on mission to Vegesack, Germany made a wheels-up landing upon return in a field four miles south of the base at Molesworth, UK. Aircraft salvaged, crew OK.
Call Sign: PU-D
Crew:
P 1LT Lloyd D. Griffin (RTD); CP 1LT Walter C. Swanson (RTD)
N 1LT William M. Preston (RTD); B 1LT Herman C. Currie (RTD)
E/TTG TSGT William M. Easton (RTD); RO TSGT Vernon E. Schwartz (RTD)
BTG SGT Robert Plummer (RTD); LWG SSGT Claude A. Hamilton (RTD)
RWG SSGT Samuel L. Edwards (RTD) TG SSGT Lynwood D. Viegand (RTD)
Sources:
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/8259
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2018 10:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Nov-2019 07:20 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2020 21:52 | Rata | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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