ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49618
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Date: | Saturday 25 November 1944 |
Time: | 12:53 LT |
Type: | North American P-51D-15-NA Mustang |
Owner/operator: | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 44-14972 |
MSN: | YJ- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near the 'Paters Redemptoristen' monastery at Wittem, Limburg -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft suffered engine trouble and crash-landed.
Crew:
The pilot, 2/Lt. J.W. Jeter, (USAAF) killed
The Mustang was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against the Leuna oil refinery at Merseburg (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4718&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/14471 THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 October 1944 |
44-14505 |
353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF |
0 |
Langeweegje, Kwadendamme, Zeeland |
|
w/o |
25 October 1944 |
44-14558 |
353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF |
1 |
North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland |
|
w/o |
24 February 1945 |
44-14949 |
353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF |
1 |
1 km northwest of Vaassen, Gelderland |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Oct-2019 15:45 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Jan-2021 21:42 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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