ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50085
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| Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:52 LT |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24H-20-FO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 392th BGp /579th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-94886 |
| MSN: | GC-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near 'De Brilletjes', 's-Heer Abtskerke, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wendling/AAF Sta.118, Norfolk |
| RAF Wendling/AAF Sta.118 |
On a re-supply operation to Nijmegen (Gelderland) in support of operation Market Garden, 'No Feathered Injun' was hit by Flak of the 3./Abt.369 and crashed.
Two crew members died.
T/Sgt. Eugene Kieras and Pvt. Edward Yenso were first buried at the Algemene Begraafplaats in Heinkenszand. After the war they were reburied:
- T/Sgt. Eugene Kieras at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium. Field D, row 2, grave 11.
- Pvt. Edward Yensho at the Luxembourg American Cemetery. Field I, row 4, grave 23.
A propeller of the aircraft is on display outside the Bevrijdingsmuseum Zeeland (Liberation Museum Zeeland) in Nieuwdorp, the Netherlands.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4106&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/18603
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/35336/Crash-Location-B-24H-Liberator-42-94886-Feathered-Injun.htm
Images:
Propeller of 42-9488; photo (c) H.Ranter/ASN
Information panel at the Bevrijdingsmuseum Zeeland (Liberation Museum Zeeland ); photo (c) H.Ranter/ASN
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Aug-2011 15:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 26-Aug-2011 16:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2015 13:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2019 16:23 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Photo] |
| 27-Apr-2019 16:25 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Photo] |
| 07-Sep-2019 11:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2019 11:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2021 18:00 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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