ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17442
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24H-5-FO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 449th BGp (H) USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-7700 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rabenwald, Bezirk Hartberg, Steiermark -
 Austria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Grottaglie, Italy |
Crashed on an air operation.
It is not clear if this was an accident or a combat loss.
Killed in action: Harry Moore, Bale Semack, James Richels, Gordon Thornton, Roy Reneau, James Milnes, and Georg(e) Stout.
Taken prisoner: Walter Cates, Charles Freeman, Carl Shedlock, and Francis Stack.
Sources:
www.kleinezeitung.at
http://werkstadt.at/werkstadt_neu/?pageid=22&l=2
Joe Baugher USAAF Serials.
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2008 07:25 | Bleiente | Added |
| 04-Jan-2012 09:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator] |
| 05-Jan-2012 06:40 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2012 06:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration] |
| 05-Jan-2012 06:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 01-Jan-2013 15:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2013 03:44 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-May-2015 09:23 | Paix | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2019 10:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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