Accident Boeing B-17F-45-DL Fortress 42-3298,
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Date:Monday 26 July 1943
Time:12:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic B17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-17F-45-DL Fortress
Owner/operator:412th BSqn /95th BGp USAAF
Registration: 42-3298
MSN: QW-Q
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lauenstein, Salzhemmendorf, Hameln-Pyrmont, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Horham (UK)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Damaged by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Martin Drewes of the 7./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Stade airfield; crashed.

Crew: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6369

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6369

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jul-2018 18:20 TigerTimon Added
29-Oct-2019 06:48 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
19-Dec-2019 21:21 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
31-Mar-2020 17:54 Reno Raines Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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