ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50986
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:33 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-25-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 379th BGp /527th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-31643 |
| MSN: | 6757 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Pirolavlakte, Schoorl, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kimbolton /AAF Sta.117 (UK) |
The aircraft was shot down by Luftwaffe fighters upon returning to the UK.
The Fortress was on an operation to aviation industry at Braunschweig, Germany.
Call Sign: FO-
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. D.E. Winter O-677386 USAAF USA Initially buried at Bergen
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J.W. Wiley O-751065 USAAF Margraten J-9-19
Navigator 2nd Lt. G.H. Anderson O-685357 USAAF Margraten C-20-3
Bombardier 2nd Lt. E.J. Torpey O-735216 USAAF Kolhorn
Engineer Sgt. J.R. Fitzgearl 36432407 USAAF Margraten I-10-11
Radio Operator S/Sgt. R.C. Kausch 17154127 USAAF Margraten B-4-19
LW Gunner S/Sgt. J.C. Underwood 18016514 USAAF Kolhorn
RW Gunner Sgt. A.R. Falls 13022971 USAAF Kolhorn
BT Gunner S/Sgt. G.A. Gardner 11073116 USAAF Margraten C-4-31
T Gunner S/Sgt. F.E. Hart 37457557 USAAF Kolhorn
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3344&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5759
JF Baugher
http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/433.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Apr-2009 12:04 | Harmy | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2011 10:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2017 17:33 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2019 10:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 15:26 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2020 15:28 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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