ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 117389
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| Date: | Thursday 12 July 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-26718 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Ammersee (Bayern) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Starting from AF Sandhofen, four P-47 passed Augsburg and proceeded to the lake to simulate a strafing mission. The P-47 of Fred B. Schwartz seemed to have technical problems. After loosing height, he tried a emergency landing on the lake. The plane ditched perfectly, but no pilot was seen leaving the AC. The Thunderbolt sunk after about 20 seconds. In spring 1952 a P-47 wreck was salvaged by Ludwig Hain on the west shore of the Ammersee (lake) in Bavaria/Germany. The remains of the pilot have been found inside the cockpit and have been transfered to the US authorities. The pilot was buried later on the American war cemetery in Luxembourg.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.u-air.info/www/uair/uair.nsf/0/7437753555D35E13C12576CB005430D9?OpenDocument
https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/landsberg/Die-P-47-wurde-schon-1952-zerlegt-id7939451.html
http://lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=edit&e=13821
http://www.findagrave.com/
http://www.usaafdata.com/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2011 12:20 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Sep-2012 14:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 05-Sep-2012 14:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Apr-2013 00:34 | Ricky50 | Updated [Total fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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