ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227278
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| Date: | Thursday 29 July 1943 |
| Time: | 12:00 approx |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17 Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 385th BGp /551th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-30270 |
| MSN: | HR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 73 miles NE of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Ashfield, Suffolk |
At noon, an automatic SOS message was picked up by North Foreland. This co-incided with a message received by the 4th Bombardment Wing control from a B-17 in distress some 73 miles northeast of Middlesbrough. At 14:20hrs two dinghies containing the 10 crew members were located by a search aircraft and they were picked up by a high speed launch and returned to Blyth by 22:00hrs.
'The Old Shillelagh' was on an operation to aviation industry (Arado/Heinkel) at Warnemünde, Rostock (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany).
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=54401
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/4250
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2019 15:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Mar-2020 20:20 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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