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Date: | Thursday 29 June 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-110187 |
MSN: | 3983 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Aschersleben (Sachsen-Anhalt), 46 km NW Halle -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down, no further details.
B-24J #42-110187 took off, with a crew of 9, from Station 145, Rackheath, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany.
Over the target they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and eventually exploded and crashed near Oschersleben. There was only one survivor from the crew.
Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-110187:
Davis, Harris P ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Fisher, Robert C ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NJ
Greble, William E ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Hudson, Donald H ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL
Kennedy, Joseph J ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NY
Murphy, John J ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, RI
Robinson, James E ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, TX
Van Veen, Francis P ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, DE
The pilot, 2nd Lt. William H. Counts became a POW of the German Army and survived the war.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
- WP Leavenworth, from "Findagrave.com" for 2LT William Estes Greble, co-pilot, who perished.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Apr-2013 15:48 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
18-Apr-2013 16:41 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
27-Jan-2020 17:29 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Location] |
04-Aug-2022 06:47 |
katznyammerkids |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |