ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50874
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| Date: | Monday 21 February 1944 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  North American P-51B-5-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 357th FGp /363rd FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-6723 |
| MSN: | B6-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Meppel, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leiston /AAF Sta.373, Suffolk |
The pilot, 1st Lt A.R. Boyle, shot down a Bf 109, but his P-51 "Old Crow" was in turn hit by debris from the disintegrating Messerschmitt and crashed near Meppel. The aircraft was possibly shot down by Luftwaffe pilot Feldwebel F. Haspel of the 8./JG 1, flying a Bf 109G from Volkel airfield. Boyle was wounded and spent the rest of the war as a PoW.
Missing Aircrew Report 2418 refers.
The Mustang was flying fighter escort during the second day of Operation Argument AKA 'Big Week'.
On this day, the USAAF raided the following airfields:
- Fliegerhorst Achmer, Niedersachsen
- Fliegerhorst Diepholz, Niedersachsen
- Fliegerhorst Quakenbrück, Niedersachsen
- Einsatzhafen Ahlhorn, Niedersachsen
- Einsatzhafen Hesepe, Niedersachsen
- Einsatzhafen Vörden, Niedersachsen
- Fliegerhorst Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Hopsten, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Lippstadt, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Münster-Handorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Werl, Nordrhein-Westfalen
In addition, aircraft industry (at Braunschweig, Hannover and Lingen (Niedersachsen)) and marshalling yards (at Coevorden (Drenthe, the Netherlands) and Lingen (Niedersachsen, Germany)) were bombed.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3440&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Mustang Aces of the 357th Fighter Group
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1636
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/13683
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 04:41 | Harmy | Updated |
| 16-Oct-2011 20:38 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2011 21:00 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2011 12:24 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 05:49 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 14-Feb-2019 20:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 21:07 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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