ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49886
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:25 LT |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24J-95-CO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 446th BGp /707th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100347 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lange Kleiweg 51, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bungay, Suffolk |
"Lil' Max" was hit by Flak shells after bombing. The crew abandoned the aircraft over The Hague, following which the four-engined heavy crashed.
On this afternoon, 274 of 317 B-24 Liberators hit the marshalling yard at Hamm and 1 hits Liesborn; 3 B-24s are lost and 53 damaged; 31 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 138 of 146 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
Crew:
Pilot 2/Lt. T.H. Gill O-665001 USAAF - buried Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium; grave B-40-38
Co-Pilot 1/Lt. W.G. Rayner AM O-1289804 USAAF - buried Luxembourg American Cemetery; grave F-9-13
Navigator 2/Lt. M.J. Charwat O-716351 USAAF Survived - evader
Bombardier F/O. H. Kirchblum T-124760 USAAF Survived - POW
Engineer S/Sgt. E.T. Mannitto 33669680 USAAF Survived - POW
Radio Operator S/Sgt. M.L. Edwardson 32773111 USAAF Survived - evader
Top Turret Gunner S/Sgt. W.E. Kasievich 33702550 USAAF Survived - evader
Left Waist Gunner Sgt. M.R. Kreinheder 42022248 USAAF Survived - evader
Right Waist Gunner Sgt. J. Culbertson 39332991 USAAF Survived - POW
Ball Turret Gunner Sgt. P. Kutzar 33609732 USAAF Survived - POW, captured 3 Nov 44
Radar Operator T/Sgt. D.G. Smith 39408106 USAAF Survived - evader
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4384&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/1357
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1552
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Aug-2011 15:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 26-Aug-2011 16:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Sep-2019 19:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 20:00 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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