ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50314
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| Date: | Friday 7 July 1944 |
| Time: | 09:30 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 353th FGp /HQ USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-25971 |
| MSN: | LH-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nienburg/Weser, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
The aircraft was hit by Flak and machine gun fire.
The pilot, Col. G.D. Duncan, performed a belly-landing and evaded to the Netherlands.
The Thunderbolt was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against industry at Leipzig (Sachsen, Germany).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3861&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
picture - http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2949
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 |
| 06-Jan-2012 08:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2019 20:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2020 10:59 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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