ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50354
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-45-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 92th BGp /407th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-97245 |
| MSN: | 7718 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Podington /AAF Sta.109, Bedfordshire |
Damaged by Flak, lost over the North Sea. Only the navigator survived; he bailed out over Germany before the plane attempted to make it back. One body washed up to land in Holland.
The Fortress was on an operation to the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal locks at Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. G.H. Wareham O-810082 USAAF Cambridge WOM
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. V.L. Otterson O-818738 USAAF Cambridge WOM
Navigator 1st Lt. N. Pipkorn O-816770 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 1st Lt. B. van Denelzen O-818738 USAAF Cambridge WOM
Engineer Sgt. J.F. O'Donnell 19152585 USAAF USA
Radio Operator S/Sgt. R.W. McKendry 16060106 USAAF Cambridge WOM
BT Gunner Sgt. N.C. Levy 39039233 USAAF Cambridge WOM
W Gunner T/Sgt. S. Mzyk 33080106 USAAF Cambridge WOM
T Gunner S/Sgt. H.W. Holmes 37222746 USAAF Margraten WOM
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3820A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/10349
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/132
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Canal
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 06:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2019 05:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2019 05:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 18-Jun-2019 05:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Country] |
| 20-Jun-2019 18:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2020 15:50 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 23-Dec-2021 16:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
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