ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51181
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Date: | Tuesday 30 November 1943 |
Time: | 11:30 LT |
Type: | Republic P-47D-2-RA Thunderbolt |
Owner/operator: | 352th FGp /486th FSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-22516 |
MSN: | PZ- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Rovertse Leij river south of Goirle/Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bodney (UK) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel Hans "Specker" Grünberg of the 5./JG 3, flying a Bf 109 G-5 from Volkel airfield.
The Thunderbolt was on an escort flight operation to Solingen, Germany.
Pilot: 1st Lt. R.E. Babbitt O-793884 USAAF Belgium A-34-36 - Buried Ardennes American Cem
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3159&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2792 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
28-Nov-2018 15:27 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Mar-2020 20:29 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
28-Mar-2020 20:30 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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