Incident Boeing B-17F-75-BO Fortress 42-29884,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51491
 
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Date:Thursday 12 August 1943
Time:13:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic B17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-17F-75-BO Fortress
Owner/operator:92th BGp /326th BSqn USAAF
Registration: 42-29884
MSN: 4998
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Sevenum, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Damaged by AAA, then shot down by Obfw Gerhard Schütte of the 3./JG 3, flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Mönchengladbach airfield, Germany or Soesterberg airfield, the Netherlands. 10 POW. Emergency landing.

Call Sign: JW-D
Crew:
Pilot Capt. H.C. Johnson O-442687 USAAF Survived Evaded, but POW at The Hague
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. D.L. Weir O-736431 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. R.H. Doolan O-795218 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier S/Sgt. H.D. Broyles 18096510 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. P.A. Dickinson 16004389 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator S/Sgt. H.W. Jackson 10600471 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner T/Sgt. R.J. Antala 15081558 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. C.M. Gutierrez 19081383 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. A. Mc Kagan 20654246 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner S/Sgt. J.E. Treon 13030877 USAAF Survived POW

Sources:

https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2788A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

JF Baugher

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
02-Sep-2011 12:32 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
07-Aug-2018 20:21 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Aug-2018 20:48 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
19-Dec-2019 21:03 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
31-Mar-2020 20:39 Reno Raines Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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