ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49236
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Date: | Sunday 28 January 1945 |
Time: | 14:00 LT |
Type: | Consolidated B-24J-1-NT Liberator |
Owner/operator: | 93th BGp /328th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-78486 |
MSN: | GO-G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Steursweg road, Burgh-Haamstede, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Hardwick, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Flak and was abandoned over Schouwen-Duiveland island in Zeeland. All were taken prisoner of war.
Operation - Dortmund, Germany.
225 B-24s are sent to hit oil targets at Kaiserstuhl (115) and Gneisenau (58); targets of opportunity are Lippstadt (9), Neheim (5) and other (11); bombing is by Gee-H; 7 B-24s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 97 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 7 WIA and 71 MIA. Escorting are 68 of 77 P-51s.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5175&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9662 THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
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26-Aug-2011 15:36 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Phase] |
26-Aug-2011 16:07 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator] |
25-Jan-2020 20:31 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-Jan-2020 20:34 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Embed code] |
20-Apr-2020 19:43 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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