Accident Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 42-30830 ,
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Date:Sunday 10 October 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Registration: 42-30830
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Stevern (NRW) -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by German Luftwaffe over Haltern.
One crew member named Harold Clanton died in the crash.

Sources:

https://www.westline.de/westfalen/nottuln/nachrichten/ln/Fragen-die-mir-keine-Ruhe-liessen;art1144,2019662

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Oct-2014 11:29 gerard57 Added
14-Jun-2017 16:06 Uli Elch Updated [Location, Narrative]

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