ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52172
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| Date: | Thursday 4 February 1943 |
| Time: | 11:36 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 303th BGp /427th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-24569 |
| MSN: | 3254 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 8 km NE of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Molesworth /AAF Sta.107 Cambridgeshire |
'Memphis Tot' left the formation with battle damage and crash landed. The aircraft was claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Jabs of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Emden
Call Sign: GN-V
Crew:
Pilot Capt. L.R. Cole 0-421603 USAAF Belgium C-1-10 Buried Ardennes American Cem
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. R.N. McCune O-661514 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Navigator 1st Lt. R.P. Driggs O-727000 USAAF Survived pow
Bombardier Capt. E.N. Bryant O-724125 USAAF Survived pow
Engineer T/Sgt. D. Purinton 06571977 USAAF Survived pow
Radio Operator T/Sgt. G.D. Miller 19002027 USAAF Survived pow
Air gunner S/Sgt. J.L. Pennington 17027679 USAAF Margraten I-9-9
Air gunner Sgt. J.R. van Etten 16039671 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
BT Gunner S/Sgt. A. Witte 17034000 USAAF Survived pow
T Gunner S/Sgt. P.J. Callery 06147027 USAAF Survived pow
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2040&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 01:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2018 12:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2018 07:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2018 19:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2020 17:53 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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