ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50356
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1944 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-35-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 388th BGp /560th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-32004 |
| MSN: | 7118 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Knettishall /AAF Sta.136, Suffolk |
'Pride of the Yanks' was damaged by Flak, the pilot was forced to ditch the aircraft.
7 POWs, 3 dead; crew remains found dead by Germans and buried on Isle of Terschelling. Pilot was 2nd LT J.L. Patrick. 2LT James F. Spear Jr. was among KIA. Missing Air Crew Report #5921.
The Fortress was on an operation to Merseburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3820&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
The American Battle Monuments Commission, Accident-Report.com
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6158
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2009 10:00 | Rand | Updated |
| 28-Jun-2009 10:30 | Anon. | Updated |
| 26-Aug-2011 18:11 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2011 07:01 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase] |
| 08-Feb-2012 03:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2019 05:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2020 15:48 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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