ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209436
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 13:48-58 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-45-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 91th BGp /401th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-5337 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 11 miles NW of Norderney island -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn /AAF Sta.121 |
'Short Snorter III' was shot down by Oberleutnant Walter Borchers of the 8./NJG 3, detached to the IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Bremen
Call Sign: LL-J
Crew:
Pilot: Nathan Lindsey - KIA
Co-pilot: George Slivkoff - KIA
Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Seb Scavello - KIA
Radio Operator: Larry Brandenburg - KIA
Ball turret gunner: Joe Rekas - KIA
Waist gunner: Vic Hamrick - KIA
Waist gunner: Alvin Schipping - KIA
Tail gunner: Anthony Roy - KIA
Navigator: Rocco Maiorca - POW
Bombardier: Albert Dobsa - POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-5337
Bits & Pieces, 012 + www.luftarchiv.de 2010 + Dokument vom 19.04.1943 über Abschüsse am 17.04.1943 beim Angriff auf Bremen
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2018 06:42 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-Apr-2018 06:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2018 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 17:33 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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