ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49667
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 November 1944 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-25-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 379th BGp /526th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-31663 |
| MSN: | 6777 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maasweg road, Blitterswijck, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kimbolton/AAF Sta.117, Cambridgeshire |
'TAGALONG' was damaged by Flak over the target and crashed.
The Fortress was on an operation to the Leuna oil refinery at Merseburg (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany).
Crew:
Pilot 2/Lt. G.J. Duffy O-711617 USAAF / buried Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium; grave D-21-5
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. K.E. Foster USAAF / POW
Navigator 2/Lt. J.T. Cheney USAAF / POW
Bombardier 2/Lt. J.W. Flisnick O-776525 USAAF / POW
Engineer T/Sgt. R.E. Lehmann USAAF / POW
Radio Operator S/Sgt. C.R. Herbison USAAF / POW
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. W.V. Machulsky USAAF / evaded capture
Waist Gunner S/Sgt. J.D. Kennedy Jr. USAAF / POW
Tail Gunner S/Sgt. D.L. Griffin USAAF / POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4663&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5781
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 10:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2019 09:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 15:58 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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