ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51218
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| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-80-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 384th BGp /547th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-29987 |
| MSN: | 5101 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Duurswoude, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grafton Underwood /AAF Sta.106 |
Sustained battle damage and left formation 30 minutes after bombing: hit by Leutnant Wilhelm Kientsch of the 6./JG 27 (flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Wiesbaden-Erbenheim airfield, Germany) and crash-landed at Duurswoude. The aircraft was on an operation to Bremen, Germany.
Call Sign: SO-V
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. L.O. Amundsen O-677214 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. W.T. Marcollo O-679913 USAAF Survived Evaded
Navigator 2nd Lt. F. Faragasso O-676035 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. R.V. Coughlin O-679331 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. L.F. Lord 35344902 USAAF Survived Evaded
Radio Operator T/Sgt. M.M. Howard 39535520 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. F. Chairet 11101815 USAAF Survived Evaded
RW Gunner S/Sgt. C.E. Zesch 17121904 USAAF Survived Evaded
BT Gunner Sgt. J.M. Culloty 10600310 USAAF Survived Evaded
T Gunner S/Sgt. C.W. Brown 15383087 USAAF Survived POW, evaded but arrested Brussels
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3124&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/3939
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 09:04 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Nov-2018 15:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Nov-2018 15:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 01-Apr-2020 18:57 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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