ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50754
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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-75815 |
| MSN: | YJ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Vijfsprongweg, Lunteren, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 11:31 hrs in support of operation Market Garden.
Over Gelderland, when strafing ground positions, an exploding target fatally damaged the aircraft. 'Patrica Baby' crashed between Lunteren and Wekerom.
The pilot, 2/Lt. R.N. Greene, did not survive and rests in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4084&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9393
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 February 1944 | 42-75653 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 1 | North Sea west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 22 February 1944 | 42-75647 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 1 | North Sea west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 5 September 1944 | 42-8628 | 353th FGp /351th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Boomcateweg road, Nijverdal, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Sep-2019 10:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2019 10:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2019 10:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2020 14:42 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 03:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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