ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89464
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Date: | Monday 8 May 1944 |
Time: | 14:01 |
Type: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-38008 |
MSN: | 8794 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | in Baltic Sea, just off Vallö Island, 19 km SSE Oskarshamn -
Sweden
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Thurleigh, England |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Nickname "Clay Pigeon". Hit by AAA over Germany during bombing raid over Berlin, lost one engine and leaking oil. Pilot Lt Matichka turned north. Lost another engine over south Sweden. Ditched in water, all crewmembers picked up by fishingboat.
Sources:
https://www.dykarna.nu/dykplatser/b17_flygplan-b17-369.html JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jan-2011 00:29 |
Masen63 |
Added |
07-Sep-2011 14:27 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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