ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50509
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| Date: | Saturday 13 May 1944 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 362th FGp /378th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-75619 |
| MSN: | G8- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Headcorn, Kent |
The pilot, 1st Lt. D.A. Sipe, bailed out due to engine trouble. He managed to get into a dinghy but is missing in action and is commemorated at the Margraten Walls of the Missing.
The Thunderbolt was on a sweep operation to the Dümmer See lake area. The Dümmer Lake designation often appears in Allied documents in reference to Diepholz, Vörden or Vechta airfield, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3665&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9358
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 February 1944 | 42-75442 | 362th FGp /378th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Vaassen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1944 | 42-75711 | 362th FGp /378th FSqn USAAF | 0 | east of Beilen, Drenthe | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-May-2019 08:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2020 08:52 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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