ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49178
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Date: | Friday 9 February 1945 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Consolidated B-24H-15-DT Liberator |
Owner/operator: | 392th BGp /577th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 41-28841 |
MSN: | DC- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, off Dutch coast -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wendling/AAF Sta.118, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation / Magdeburg, Germany
The aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed. Five crew members are missing in action:
Crew:
Pilot 2/Lt. B.L. Wade O-709867 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. N.H. Zeigler O-779280 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Navigator 2/Lt. L.L. Sanders Jr. O2069216 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Bombardier F/O. W.R. Somerhalder T-006919 USAAF / buried Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium; grave B-17-10
Engineer Sgt. B.E. Pergande 12176789 USAAF / buried USA
Radio Operator Sgt. T.E. Luniewicz 16139269 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Waist Gunner Sgt. R.W. Kudej 17111723 USAAF / buried USA
Waist Gunner Sgt. J.L. Jamar Jr. 18248937 USAAF / buried USA
Tail Gunner Sgt. E.S. Townsend 13158260 USAAF / Cambridge WOM
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5230&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/824 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
05-Feb-2020 14:13 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Feb-2020 14:13 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Source] |
26-Jan-2021 17:57 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
24-Jun-2022 23:06 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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