ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50878
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| Date: | Monday 21 February 1944 |
| Time: | 14:03 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-4-RA Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 361th FGp /375th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-22769 |
| MSN: | E2- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | the banks of the IJsselmeer near Edam, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottisham /AAF Sta.374 |
The aircraft suffered engine failure while flying fighter escort during the second day of Operation Argument AKA 'Big Week'. The pilot performed an emergency landing on the banks of the IJsselmeer lake.
Pilot: 2nd Lt. F.M. Stegall O-804059 USAAF Survived - evader
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=T3439&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1636
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 04:41 | Harmy | Updated |
| 16-Feb-2012 01:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 14-Feb-2019 20:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2019 20:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2020 20:51 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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