ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50876
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| Date: | Monday 21 February 1944 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-10-DL Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 100th BGp /350th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-37796 |
| MSN: | 8582 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Spaarndam, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorpe Abbotts/AAF Sta.139 |
'Fletcher's Castoria III' sustained battle damage, the pilot performed an emergency landing.
The Fortress was on an operation to aviation industry at Braunschweig, Germany, as part of Operation Argument AKA 'Big Week'.
Call Sign: LN-T
Crew, 10 POW:
Pilot 1st Lt. W.H. Fletcher O-798998 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. R.M. Roper O-804508 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. G.A. Browning O-685315 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. H.D. Venzie O-676983 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. L.T. Callahan 31120291 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. G.A. Reid 13104047 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. A. Sosik 32330322 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. J.J. Seman 33293830 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. P.J. Deaquinto 32499257 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner S/Sgt. D.V. Robb jr. 33339685 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3437&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6719
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 04:41 | Harmy | Updated |
| 03-Sep-2011 03:28 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 04:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2019 20:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 20:37 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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