ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50818
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| Date: | Friday 3 March 1944 |
| Time: | 11:10 |
| Type: |  North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 354th FGp /355th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-12264 |
| MSN: | GQ-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blokzijl, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Boxted /AAF Sta.150, Essax |
The pilot, 2nd Lt. H.B. White, put down his Mustang "Sweet Suzanne" for a crash landing following engine failure over Emden, Germany.
H.B. White is not listed among the killed or missing pilots of the 354th Fighter Group, so presumably POW.
He was found by the dutch underground.
Was betrailed to the Gestapo end of 1944 and became POW in Stalag Luft III.
In april 1945 he escaped and went back to the Netherlands.
The aircraft was flying fighter escort for USAAF bombers raiding Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3490&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.354thpmfg.com/FallenComrades.html
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1115
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 05:56 | Harmy | Updated |
| 04-Nov-2011 02:03 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 06:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Jan-2012 06:43 | Nepa | Updated [Time] |
| 06-Oct-2013 13:49 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2019 16:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 21:12 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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