Accident Consolidated B-24 Liberator 42-52305,
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Date:Saturday 18 March 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Registration: 42-52305
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Betenbrunn near Friedrichshafen (BWü) -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Shipdham (EGSA)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed after Flak hits.

Photo of the memorial (Panoramio): http://static.panoramio.com/photos/1920x1280/45503176.jpg

Location of the memorial / crash site: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2644524396 (1)


(1)
position in Openstreetmap not verified by anyone other than the original mapper

Sources:

Private archive, local newspaper, Panoramio, Openstreetmap

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jul-2009 03:41 Bleiente Added
05-Jan-2012 06:47 Uli Elch Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
05-Jan-2012 06:55 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type]
05-Jan-2012 07:06 Uli Elch Updated [Phase]
08-Sep-2012 08:39 Uli Elch Updated [Narrative]
10-Dec-2015 10:06 Gerold Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Jun-2017 16:26 Uli Elch Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]

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