ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227400
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 August 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Junkers W.34 |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Venlo Airfield, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft was destroyed in a bombardment. Stab III./KG 3
On this day, the USAAF visited Venlo airfield with 99 B-17 Fortresses of the 100th, 95th and 390th Bomb Groups. The formations dropped a total of 205,75 tons of bombs and were escorted by P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group.
Some bombs fell outside the borders of the airfield, killing ten civilians. On the airfield, one member of the German military and four Belgian civilians were killed. The latter were prisoners from Vught concentration camp (Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3939D&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2019 19:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Jul-2019 07:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2019 13:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2022 10:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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