ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50594
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| Date: | Monday 10 April 1944 |
| Time: | 17:10 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 20th FGp /55th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-68077 |
| MSN: | KI-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rolleweg, Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire |
The aircraft crash-landed in a field next to the Rolleweg near Oud Gastel, Netherlands. The cause was engine trouble. The aircraft was on a strafing mission to Gütersloh airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
The pilot, Major Donald K. Willis, survived and evaded capture.
Sources:
https://vliegendmuseumseppe.nl/2019/04/10/75-jaar-geleden-noodlanding-p-38-lightning-bij-oud-gastel/
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3581&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/8704
http://www.cometeline.org/fiche285.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Mar-2019 16:56 | harro | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2019 16:59 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2019 06:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2019 13:44 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Mar-2020 21:40 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2022 21:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-May-2023 10:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location]] |
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