Gear-up landing Incident Republic P-47D-2-RA Thunderbolt 42-22484,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51199
 
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Date:Monday 29 November 1943
Time:16:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic P47 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic P-47D-2-RA Thunderbolt
Owner/operator:355th FGp /358th FSqn USAAF
Registration: 42-22484
MSN: YF-L
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:1 km west of Giessenburg, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Steeple Morden (UK)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Belly landing after the plane ran out of fuel.
'Slugger' was on an escort flight operation to Bremen, Germany.

Takeoff time: 08:30
The pilot became POW:
2nd Lt. R.A. Peery O-748076 USAAF

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3139&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://stichting-vliegeniersmonument-giessenlanden-wo2.nl/English/29-11-1943%20P-47D%2042-22484%20Emergency%20landing%20at%20Giessen-Oudekerk.html
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2788

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
01-Nov-2015 10:37 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2018 10:59 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2018 11:00 TigerTimon Updated [Damage]
28-Nov-2018 15:28 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type]
28-Mar-2020 20:24 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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