ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51080
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 December 1943 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-10-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 95th BGp /334th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-37766 |
| MSN: | 8552 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lageveen, Zuidwolde, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horham /AAF Sta.119 |
'Princess Pat' suffered engine failure before the target. Left the formation. Hit by Fw 190's and by Leutnant Karl-Heinz Kempf of the 11./JG 26, flying a Bf 109 G-6/U4 from München-Gladbach airfield, Germany.
Target: communication centre at Münster, Germany
Call Sign: BG-F
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. M.W. Mangis O-741923 USAAF Margraten M-13-12 Initially buried at Zuidwolde
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. D.F. Lembcke O-679898 USAAF Margraten M-13-11
Navigator 2nd Lt. E. Bennett O-755165 USAAF Survived Evaded
Bombardier 2nd Lt. L.J. Celusnak O-681522 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer S/Sgt. W.R. Tracy 32491515 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator S/Sgt. R.C. Dabney 35447983 USAAF Survived Evaded, captured later
LW Gunner Sgt. J.B. Short 16148558 USAAF USA
RW Gunner Sgt. W.H. Mc Master 34477207 USAAF USA
BT Gunner Sgt. D.W. Aldrich 39184867 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner Sgt. A. Svoboda 16128300 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3249&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6689
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1561
JF Baugher
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1989 | F-BEEA | Institut Géographique National - IGN | 0 | Grimsby-Binbrook Airport (GSY) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 03:21 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2018 08:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2018 16:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2020 19:07 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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