ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232103
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| Date: | Sunday 10 October 1943 |
| Time: | 15:19 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-115-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 100th BGp /350th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-30725 |
| MSN: | LN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lienen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorpe Abbotts /AAF Sta.139 |
"Aw-r-go" was damaged by fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Klöpper, Staffelkapitän of the 7./JG 1 based at the Leeuwarden and Eelde airfields in the Netherlands. He flew a Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6.
The aircraft was set on fire and exploded.
Pilot: Capt Chas Cruikshank, Co-pilot: Glen Graham, Navigator: Capt Frank Murphy, Bombardier: Gus Gaspar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Weeks, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bixler{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Don Garrison, Waist gunner: Jim Johnson{Wounded in Action} (8 Prisoner of War)
Radio Operator: Orlando Vincenti,Tail gunner: Chas Clark (2 Killed in Action)
On this day, the USAAF flew VIII Bomber Command Mission 114:
236 of 274 B-17s hit the railroads and waterways in and around Munster, Germany at 1503-1518 hours plus targets of opportunity at Coesfeld, Germany and Enschede Airfield in the Netherlands.
Sources:
research on Luftwaffe claim by N. Hector
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/4750
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2020 21:46 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Apr-2020 09:07 | Reno Raines | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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