ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49628
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 November 1944 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-80-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 493th BGp /861th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-38107 |
| MSN: | 9085 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Twente Airfield near 'Het Oosterveld', Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Debach/AAF Sta.152, Suffolk |
The aircraft was damaged 10 minutes from the target, the Lutzkendorf oil refinery at Krumpa, Braunsbedra (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany).
Parts recovered in 1983, Twenthe A/F.
Crew:
Pilot 1/Lt. L.H. Baxter O-818812 USAAF / POW
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. A.S. Galle O-886490 USAAF / shot by the Sicherheitsdienst; buried Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium, grave B-38-34
Navigator 2/Lt. R. Edgar O-886467 USAAF / POW
Bombardier 2/Lt. W.B. Cox O-886637 USAAF / POW
Engineer T/Sgt. R.L. Sipes 06898232 USAAF / POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. W.C. Massey 20937639 USAAF / POW
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. W.B. Jenkins 06552038 USAAF / POW
Waist Gunner S/Sgt. M. Auerbach 36760072 USAAF / POW
Tail Gunner Sgt. H.A. Schroeder Jr. 37623121 USAAF / POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4709&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.457thbombgroup.org/New/Recollections/Lutzkendorf/lutzken.html
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 07:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2019 07:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 16:03 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2022 14:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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