ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50218
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| Date: | Saturday 26 August 1944 |
| Time: | 12:47 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-45-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 384th BGp /547th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-97204 |
| MSN: | 7677 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heerderstrand lake, Heerde, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grafton Underwood/AAF Sta.106, Northamptonshire |
'Sky Lark' was hit by Flak and crash-landed.
The Fortress with call sign 'SO-K' was on an operation to the Buer oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany).
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. H.W. Rainey O-817523 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J.Z. Rowe O-714188 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. C.D. Francis O-717645 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. W.S. Kendall O-732857 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. J.C. Evans 18192565 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator S/Sgt. D.B. Sturdivant 19097547 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. J.G. Thornhill 37621179 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. A.B. Knowlton 31384535 USAAF Survived - escaped with help of local resistance Epe
BT Gunner S/Sgt. R.N. Mosier 34826568 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner S/Sgt. N.H. Gordon 36819163 USAAF Margraten cemetery; A-5-11 - initially buried at Heerde / shot in his parachute
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3948&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/10308
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 |
| 01-Sep-2011 05:11 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2019 08:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2020 15:47 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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