ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49609
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| Date: | Sunday 26 November 1944 |
| Time: | 13:41 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-75-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 305th BGp /365th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-37955 |
| MSN: | 8933 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tjoene hamlet, Diepenveen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chelveston/AAF Sta.105, Northamptonshire |
The aircraft was hit by Flak over the target (the marshalling yard of Hannover, Germany), on return all crew jumped north of Deventer (Overijssel) and the machine exploded in mid-air.
Two managed to evade capture, the other seven were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4726&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
JF Baugher
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/11961
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1702
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 07:01 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2019 17:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2019 17:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Apr-2020 16:14 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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