ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48886
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| Date: | Thursday 5 April 1945 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-80-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 490th BGp /848th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-38103 |
| MSN: | 9081 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along De Kilhaven at Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Eye/AAF Sta.134, Suffolk |
The aircraft was hit by Marine Flak while engaged in an operation to Nürnberg in Germany.
Pilot 1/Lt. C.W. Bates O-777555 USAAF / prisoner of war
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. E.E. Smith Jr. O-781690 USAAF / prisoner of war
Navigator 2/Lt. J.L. Ewald O2068981 USAAF / prisoner of war
Special Operator Sgt. J.E. Till 34708239 USAAF / buried USA
Togglier S/Sgt. A.J. Aulicino 42066061 USAAF / buried Long Island National Cemetery USA
Engineer Sgt. J.K. Hamilton 36687849 USAAF / buried USA
Radio Operator S/Sgt. R.S. Conroy 31386449 USAAF / buried USA
Ball Turret Gunner Sgt. C.A. Anderson 37541579 USAAF / buried USA
Waist Gunner S/Sgt. C.M. Plotner 16122513 USAAF / buried USA
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5509&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/12109
JF Baugher
http://wo2go.nl/themas/luchtoorlog/informatiepanelen/5-april-1945-kilhaven/wppaspec/oc1/cv0/ab9/pt404
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 03:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2017 14:20 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2020 19:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2020 19:33 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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