ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50185
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 September 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-20-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 78th FGp /83th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-76563 |
| MSN: | HL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km east of Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
Operation - sweep - systematic operation to flush out targets in a given area e.g. fighter sweep.
The aircraft was hit by Flak; the pilot, 2nd Lt. C.E. Kuykendall, performed a crash-landing. He evaded capture and fled to the Netherlands.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3981&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- JF Baugher
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9630
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 08:18 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2019 16:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2020 10:56 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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