ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50448
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| Date: | Saturday 27 May 1944 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-25-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 457th BGp /748th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-38055 |
| MSN: | 8841 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km NNE of Overslag, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Glatton, Cambridgeshire (EGSF) |
Hit by Flak and fighters during mission to marshalling yards at Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. The crew tried to make it to the Channel but were forced to bail out over Belgium* after suffering a #3 engine fire and losing height. MACR 5298. 5 POW, 5 evaded.
* The border village Overslag has a Dutch and a Belgian part. Position "1 km NNE" is located in the Netherlands.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3727A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6978
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/81
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 03:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 07:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 09:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2020 15:44 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2022 09:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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