ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50299
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| Date: | Thursday 20 July 1944 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-20-VE Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 100th BGp /418th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-97564 |
| MSN: | 6929 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | along the road between Chaam and Baarle, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk |
'Pathfinders' was hit by Flak over the target (the Leunawerke oil refineries at Merseburg (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)).
The pilots performed an emergency-landing. Seven were taken prisoner of war, the other five evaded capture.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3874&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/10639
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php
Google Maps
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 06:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2019 08:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2019 08:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 24-Feb-2020 16:32 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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