ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50434
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Date: | Monday 29 May 1944 |
Time: | 13:30 LT |
Type: | Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt |
Owner/operator: | 353th FGp /350th FSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-76320 |
MSN: | LH- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | along the Lycklamavaart channel, Ravenswoud, Friesland -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft was hit by light Flak near Meppen (Niedersachsen, Germany). The pilot, 2nd Lt. J.C. McDonald, crash-landed the aircraft and was taken prisoner of war.
The Thunderbolt was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3740&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9519 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1195
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 August 1944 |
42-76268 |
353th FGp /350th FSqn USAAF |
1 |
Denekamperstraat, De Lutte, Overijssel |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
27-May-2019 19:39 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-May-2019 19:40 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
30-Mar-2020 08:53 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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