ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248261
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| Date: | Thursday 2 September 1943 |
| Time: | 20:25 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-1-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 56FG/63FS USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-7934 |
| MSN: | UN*U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Selles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Halesworth, Suffolk |
The aircraft was shot down in aerial combat with Focke-Wulfs of II./JG 26 based at Beauvais-Tillé airfield. Luftwaffe claimants were:
Uffz. Karl Ehret 6./JG 26 P-47 Merville: 7.000 m. 20.18 - claim confirmed by OKL/RLM
Hptm. Johannes Naumann: 23 ► Stab II./JG 26 P-47 Raum Merville: 6.500 m. 20.21 - VNE: ASM
Ltn. Dieter Kehl: 2 ► Stab II./JG 26 P-47 10 km. E.N.E. Etaples: 7.000 m. 20.25 - VNE: ASM
Fw. Wilhelm Mayer: no (n.L., 4) ► 6./JG 26 P-47 Lille-Merville 20.30
2nd Lieutenant Hannigan didn't survive. It is not known where he is buried.
The 56FG/63FS P-47 Thunderbolts had taken off for an escort flight in support of VIII Bomber Command bombers raiding an airfield in the Brussels area.
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=8676
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9684
Bing Maps
claims - Film C.2031/II - via Michael Balss
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=59478
Images:
Flight Leader was Colonel Zemke, who lost two of his flight members that evening.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2021 10:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Feb-2021 10:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2021 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2021 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Photo] |
| 26-Feb-2021 19:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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