ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49666
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 November 1944 |
| Time: | 11:42 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-25-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 457th BGp /749th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-38064 |
| MSN: | 8850 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 15 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Glatton/AAF Sta.130, Cambridgeshire |
Arf n' Arf was lost in a mid-air collision with another B-17G (44-8418) over English Channel. All aboard were killed. Due to the weather, 266 B-17s dispatched to hit the Leuna oil plant at Merseburg (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) were recalled.
44-8418 apparently survived, since it was damaged by flak Jan 10, 1945 over target at Euskirchen, Germany and landed in Belgium.
All nine crew members are missing in action:
Pilot 1/Lt. A.L. Furr O-819789 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. S.H. Book Jr. O-714630 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Navigator 2/Lt. J.W. Andrews Jr. O-723260 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Bombardier 2/Lt. L.M. Plagianos O-708040 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Engineer T/Sgt. D.D. Brunsvold 17071215 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Radio Operator T/Sgt. R.C. Weaver 13109761 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Left Waist Gunner S/Sgt. G.M. Wisdom 35123338 USAAF / Cambridge WOM
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. W.M. Rankin 33172792 USAAF / Margraten WOM
Tail Gunner S/Sgt. L.E. Wetzel 35235299 USAAF / Cambridge WOM
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4664&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6987
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 03:58 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2019 09:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 15:59 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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