ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51462
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| Date: | Thursday 19 August 1943 |
| Time: | 18:20 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-35-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 303th BGp /358th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3192 |
| MSN: | 8128 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cartuizerpolder, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Molesworth /AAF Sta.107 Cambridgeshire |
Attacked by German fighter aircraft (hit by Oberleutnant Georg Schott of the 1./JG 1, flying an Fw 190 A-6 from Deelen airfield) and claimed by Flak unit 2./665 (gemischte Flak-Abteilung 665 (v)). The aircraft was on a bombing mission to Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Four crew members died in the crash (Nix, Shebeck, Solverson and Krajacic). They are buried at the Netherlands American War Cemetery in Margraten, the Netherlands.
Seven crew members survived the crash and were taken prisoner.
Call Sign: VK-G
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. J.S. Nix O-661541 USAAF Margraten H-11-22 Initially buried at Oosterhout
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. D.A. Shebeck O-670633 USAAF Margraten H-11-1
Observer 1st Lt. L.T. Moffatt O-854733 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. D.M. Curo O-6874250 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 1st Lt. R.K. Solverson O-729513 USAAF USA
Engineer T/Sgt. F.G. Krajacic 33268216 USAAF Margraten K-7-11
Radio Operator T/Sgt. C.O. Brooke 34209888 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. G.W. Buck 35342288 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. J. Gross 32419137 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. F.F. Perez 32408305 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner S/Sgt. F.W. Boyd 34388527 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2816&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6065
https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/home/1943-08-19-b17f
Research by Nick Hector, FB group '🌎World War II Aces & Their Weapons...'
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 09:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2017 15:22 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2018 08:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2018 08:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2018 08:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2019 12:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2019 07:21 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 20:29 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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