Accident Boeing B-17F-25-DL Fortress 42-3115,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51911
 
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Date:Friday 14 May 1943
Time:13:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic B17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-17F-25-DL Fortress
Owner/operator:95th BGp /335th BSqn USAAF
Registration: 42-3115
MSN: 8051
Fatalities:Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Noordlangeweg, 800 metres south of Kats, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Framlingham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Oberfeldwebel Otto Bach in Fw 190 A-4 of the 5./JG 1 (flying from Woensdrecht airfield) and crashed on Noord-Beveland island near Kats, Netherlands.

Target: Antwerp
Call Sign: OE-
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. J.E. McKinley O-791134 USAAF Belgium B-17-6 Ardennes
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J.L. White O-662012 USAAF USA
Navigator 2nd Lt. J.M. Smith jr. O-733480 USAAF USA
Bombardier 2nd Lt. J.A. Payne O-731414 USAAF Belgium D-20-15 Buried Ardennes American Cem
Engineer T/Sgt. C.G. Trent 37139966 USAAF Belgium B-17-17 Buried Ardennes American Cem
Radio Operator T/Sgt. F.A. Skwiat 35259498 USAAF Belgium A-14-5 Buried Ardennes American Cem
LW Gunner S/Sgt. A.R. Pascoe 35316684 USAAF Belgium B-17-21 Buried Ardennes American Cem
RW Gunner S/Sgt. R.B. Readding 12093615 USAAF Belgium B-13-3 Buried Ardennes American Cem
BT Gunner S/Sgt. J.R. Hilliard 13083169 USAAF Belgium B-17-20 Buried Ardennes American Cem
T Gunner S/Sgt. J.A. Conlin 36146275 USAAF Belgium D-19-1 Buried Ardennes American Cem

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2319&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

JF Baugher

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
01-Sep-2011 09:13 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
14-May-2018 17:27 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Dec-2019 09:16 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]
31-Mar-2020 17:34 Reno Raines Updated [Operator, Operator]

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