ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 95037
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| Date: | Saturday 15 April 1944 |
| Time: | 13:10 |
| Type: |  North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 354th FGp /355th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-12126 |
| MSN: | 102-24574 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Skummeslöv, 24 km south of Halmstad (Halland) -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Boxted /AAF Sta.150, Essex |
On fighter sweep mission in Peenemünde/Rostock/Rügen area. Possibly shot down by German Me.109 fighter.
Pilot 1st Lt. Edward E. Phillips tried to bail out at too low an altitude.
Sources:
http://354thfightergroup.homestead.com/photo9.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.flyghistoria.org/images_minnesten/Edward_Phillips.htm]
- Wikander, Lars et al: Flygdramatik i Halland under andra världskriget (1995)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2011 01:50 | Masen63 | Added |
| 07-Sep-2011 15:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2011 05:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Jan-2012 06:07 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2021 21:09 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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