ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49269
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| Date: | Sunday 7 January 1945 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51D-10-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 55th FGp /38th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-14274 |
| MSN: | CG- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde estuary, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wormingford, Essex |
Sweep - Hamburg, Germany.
The aircraft failed to return due to fuel shortage.
F/O. F.R. Russell is missing in action and is commemorated at the Henri-Chapelle Walls of the Missing.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5090&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/14311
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 November 1944 | 44-14586 | 55th FGp /38th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Brakel, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jan-2020 12:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2020 12:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Jan-2021 15:02 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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