ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163278
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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Liechtenstein -
 Liechtenstein
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Italy |
The plane took off in Italy to strafe the rail network between Lindau and Ulm in southern Germany. Hit by German flak, he headed home, but his plane gave up the ghost over the Rhine and he pancaked on a gravel river bank in Liechtenstein.
Sources:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Mayday!_When_bombers_crashed_in_Switzerland.html?rss=true&cid=37577434
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2014 18:30 | gerard57 | Added |
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