ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145692
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-5-VE Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 91th BGp /401th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-39929 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 km east of Vollsjö railway station, Sjöbo -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn /AAF Sta.121, Cambridgeshire |
Bombing target: Cottbus. Engine one and three not working (flak and luftwaffe), decides to fly to sweden. The propeller on engine four "stops working", fire (warning) from swedish AA battery when apssing over Sövde air base, crew bails out but piots parachute opens in the plane. He makes a successful landing in a field and leaves the a/c unharmed.
Plane is sold as scrap.
Sources:
http://www.sjobo.nu/evert/Nedskjutning%20Lackin%20Shackin.html
http://www.forcedlandingcollection.se/USAAF/USAAF035-440411-lackinshackin.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2012 07:33 | Masen63 | Added |
| 18-May-2012 10:15 | Masen63 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Dec-2019 16:44 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Apr-2020 09:41 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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