Incident Republic P-47D-5-RE Thunderbolt 42-8601,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51196
 
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Date:Monday 29 November 1943
Time:15:11 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic P47 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic P-47D-5-RE Thunderbolt
Owner/operator:356th FGp /359th FSqn USAAF
Registration: 42-8601
MSN: OC-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Nieuwlande, Drenthe -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft was on an escort flight operation to Bremen, Germany.

The pilot bailed out:
Pilot 1st Lt. W.H. Beach USAAF Survived - POW

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3142&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9776

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 May 1944 42-8417 356th FGp /359th FSqn USAAF 0 near Ydermade, De Punt, Drenthe w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
27-Nov-2018 11:59 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Mar-2020 20:27 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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