ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48785
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 May 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Martin B-26G Marauder |
| Owner/operator: | 387th BGp /558th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-67889 |
| MSN: | KX-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mesch, Eijsden, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Y-44 Beek |
The aircraft crashed while engaged in a training flight. Two of the crew rest at Margraten cemetery, the last resting place of thousands of American soldiers. Remarkably, the cemetery only lies on 7-8 kilometres from the crash site:
Pilot 1/Lt. R.W. Leighty O-715980 USAAF / buried USA
- 2/Lt. W.W. Tierney O-837321 USAAF / buried USA
- 2/Lt. W.S. Harding O2015504 USAAF / buried USA
- S/Sgt. G.J. Moffatt Jr. 12136222 USAAF / buried USA
- T/Sgt. R.A. Willett 37479373 USAAF / Margraten; grave L-4-21
- 1/Lt. R.P. Sturm O-709984 USAAF / Margraten; grave G-13-1
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5607&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
- JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:40 | relax630 | Added |
| 17-Dec-2008 11:41 | harro | Updated |
| 11-Oct-2012 08:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2020 20:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2021 10:42 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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