ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48943
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| Date: | Friday 30 March 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-65-VE Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 303th BGp /358th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-8484 |
| MSN: | 7884 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the southern side of the Boomsdijk road at Zelhem, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Molesworth/AAF Sta.107, Cambridgeshire |
The aircraft was hit by Flak over the target (Bremen in Germany) and crash-landed. All ten were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5460&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/17342
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 04:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 10:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 10:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Apr-2020 19:17 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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