ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223015
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| Date: | Saturday 18 March 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 20th FGp /77th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-67525 |
| MSN: | LC- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 29 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire |
The aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed.
The pilot, 2nd Lt. I.E. Butler, is missing in action and is commemorated on the Margraten Walls of the Missing.
The Lightning was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against aviation industry at Oberpfaffenhofen, Weßling (Bayern) and Friedrichshafen (Baden-Württemberg), Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3531A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/8898
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1122
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 November 1943 | 42-67016 | 20th FGp /77th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Belt-Schutsloot, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 29 February 1944 | 42-67831 | 20th FGp /77th FSqn USAAF | 0 | along the Jisperweg road, Noordbeemster, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2019 16:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2020 21:28 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 06:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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