ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49999
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| Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 56th FGp /63th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-26316 |
| MSN: | UN-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bellinckhofweg road, Weerselo, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Boxted /AAF Sta.150, Essex |
Shot down during Operation Market Garden by a Focke-Wulf from the German Luftwaffe.
The deceased pilot, Oscar Lee Cagle Jr. was buried in Weerselo (The Netherlands) and was reburied in 1949 at Forest Hills Cementry Woodlawn (USA-AL).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4256&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.heemkundeweerselo.nl/werkgroepen/oorlogsslachtoffersgemeentedinkelland/omgekomen-geallieerde-vliegers-in-de-voormalige-gemeente-weerselo-updat-19-4-2014
http://www.woodlawnhigh.org/TATLER/Tatler__May2013.pdf
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/3038
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 November 1943 | 42-7975 | 56th FGp /63th FSqn USAAF | 0 | between Son and Breugel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Aug-2014 18:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2019 09:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 29-Mar-2020 14:59 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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