ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138331
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| Date: | Sunday 26 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-1-BO Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-31098 |
| MSN: | 6212 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Deenethorpe, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Deenethorpe |
| Turned back over channel |
Crash-landed due to mechanical failure at Deenethorpe, UK Mar 26, 1944 and was scrapped.
(Had been severely damaged over enemy territory Dec 11, 1943 and repaired.)
Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gt Falls 2/10/32; Scott 25/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-B] Deenethorpe 30/10/43; Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Dick Kaufman, Bombardier: Bob Fitzgerald (2 Returned to Duty), Co-pilot: Fred Robinson{washed up Oosterbierum, Hol. 9/3/44}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Shaw{washed up Terschelling Is. 22/6/44}, Ball turret gunner: Forrest Cope, Waist gunner: Tage Neilsen, Waist gunner: Henry Bargefrede{washed up 14/6/44},Tail gunner: Ed Masterman (6 Killed in Action), Navigator: John Barrett, Radio Operator: Don Carlson (2POW- picked up by life-boat Twente from Harlingen). Sustained battle damaged and three bailed thinking ship doomed but p & b brought ship back to RAF Lindholm, Yorks. Missing Air Crew Report 8711. T/off as spare for mission 26/3/44 with Carlton Wilson, Co-pilot: Curtis Kelley, Navigator: John Connery, Bombardier: Francis Fogarty, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Quinn, Radio Operator: Carl Anderson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Passano, Waist gunner: Jim McMahon, Waist gunner: George Smith,Tail gunner: Gerald Smith (10 Returned to Duty); turned back over Channel, then burst a tyre on landing. PENNY'S THUNDERHEAD
Sources:
JF Baugher
American Air Museum in Britain.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 December 1943 | 42-31098 | 401th BGp /614th BSqn USAAF | 6 | over Emden |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep-2011 09:47 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jun-2016 19:36 | Red Dragon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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