ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48671
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 1944 |
| Time: | 20:03 |
| Type: |  North American B-25 Mitchell Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 320 (NL) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FR185 |
| MSN: | NO-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fontaine-les-Ribouts, Eure-et-Loir département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunsfold, Surrey (takeoff at 18:03 hrs) |
Shot down while returning from a bombing raid. The evening's goal on July 26, 1944 was a bombing of the Fountainbleau Oil and gasoline storage facility. 11 Mitchell's had direct hits causing large flames and heavy pillars of smoke to extend to great heights and ascending to the sky sprang up accurately directed flak of heavy battery emerging from a point 15 miles from Chartres and also from a point 10 miles from Dreux in France. This was the moment when just South of Dreux, France, Mitchell FR185 NO-Z piloted by Van Leeuwen was hit at 20:03 and shot down. The plane plunged down with roaring engine arrived at 2000 ft for a short time into a horizontal position and dove vertically in the brief moment that the airplane in horizontal position was probably two parachutes were seen leaving the plane but clouds prevented pure perception, the entire crew was missing. "320 Squadron RAF Memorial 1940-1945 by J.P. Kloos" The FR185 Crew: G.A. Van Leeuwen, F. H. Bloemgarten, B.D. Meijer, W.H. Willems
Sources:
http://www.veteraneninstituut.nl/media/med_view.asp?med_id=227
320 Squadron RAF Memorial 1940-1945 by J.P. Kloos
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3905A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://aircrewremembered.com/1944-07-26-loss-of-mitchell-fr185-van-leeuwen.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2008 08:33 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jan-2016 18:58 | teamcypher | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 02-Mar-2021 18:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 02-Mar-2021 18:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 01-Apr-2022 19:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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