ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50169
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| Date: | Saturday 9 September 1944 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-50-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 486th BGp /833th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-6292 |
| MSN: | 22515 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schelde (Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe), Nieuw Namen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sudbury/AAF Sta.174, Suffolk |
'Baby Shoe II' suffered engine trouble; the crew bailed out:
Pilot 2nd Lt. L.B. Deckelmayer O-821632 USAAF - cemetery in the USA - initially buried at Kloosterzande
Co-Pilot F/O. K.B. Yohn T-062458 USAAF Survived
Navigator 2nd Lt. L.E. McMichael O-723894 USAAF Survived
Bombardier 2nd Lt. J.E. Swain O-1184309 USAAF Survived
Engineer S/Sgt. W.R. Allison 19160787 USAAF Survived
Radio Operator S/Sgt. J.M. Aycock 34651938 USAAF Survived
BT Gunner S/Sgt. H.S. Horowitz 12211752 USAAF Survived
W Gunner Sgt. R.E. Pase 35758652 USAAF Survived
T Gunner Sgt. A.A. Mowrer 15058746 USAAF Survived
The Fortress was on an operation to an armaments plant at Düsseldorf, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3995&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/15369
Google Maps
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 05:07 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2019 17:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2020 15:50 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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