Accident Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 42-39946 ,
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Date:Tuesday 22 February 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Registration: 42-39946
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Evenhausen, Leopoldshöhe, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ridgewell, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by German flak during a bombing raid on Oschersleben.
1st Lt Hal E. Roling KIA
2nd Lt Raymond A. Bull KIA
2nd Lt John R. Jackson Jr. KIA
2nd Lt Milton Soled KIA
S/Sgt Asbury M. Thompson KIA
S/Sgt John Jemiolo POW
Sgt William L. Ruark POW
Sgt George W. Day POW
Sgt Othel L. Martin POW
Sgt Robert D. Eggert POW



Sources:

http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=116
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Nov-2018 12:09 gerard57 Added
23-Feb-2019 14:02 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source]

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