ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50787
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 March 1944 |
| Time: | 15:42 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38J-5-LO Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 364th FGp /383th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-67223 |
| MSN: | 5Y- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lemselo hamlet, Weerselo, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
The aircraft was hit by Oberleutnant Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld of the 5./JG 300, who was flying Fw 190 A-5 'schwarze 2' from Deelen airfield. He claimed a P-38 north of Twente airfield.
The pilot, 2nd Lt. K.F. London, was wounded and died of his wounds on the 16th of July 1944.
The Lightning was flying bomber support for USAAF bombers raiding the VKF ballbearing factory at Erkner (Brandenburg), Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3520&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1966
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/hirschfeld.html
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=50793
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Mar-2019 12:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2019 12:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 21:30 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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