ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314120
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| Date: | Friday 13 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | KG 200 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | KO+XA |
| MSN: | 41-28779 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wackersleben, Saxony-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The last remaining captured B-24 of KG 200 failed to take-off at Wackersleben and was deliberately set on fire with a flare pistol by the Germans.
The aircraft is belived to be 41-28779 of the 564 Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, which failed to return from a mission to Politz on 20 June 1944 (12 x POW, 1 x KIA).
Sources:
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/41-28779
Roger Freeman - B-24 Liberator at War // Ian Allan, 1983. - P. 20.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2023 12:24 | nempobur | Added |
| 27-Jun-2023 17:25 | Nepa | Updated |
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