ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232098
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| Date: | Monday 6 March 1944 |
| Time: | 12:47 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-30-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 91th BGp /323th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-38118 |
| MSN: | OR-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nortrup, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn/AAF Sta.121, Cambridgeshire |
The aircraft was brought down in the combined fire of a Bf 110 G-4 flown by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1 (based at Leeuwarden airfield in the Netherlands) and by light Flak.
The Fortress was on an operation to ball bearing industry (Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken (VKF)) at Erkner in Brandenburg.
(8 Prisoner of War):
Pilot: Ben Fourmy
Co-pilot: Herb Markle
Navigator: Jim Daragan
Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Walker
Ball turret gunner: Art Collins
Waist gunner: Russ Brinkerhoff
Waist gunner: Joe Benoit
Tail gunner: Theo Zawadski
(2 Killed in Action):
Bombardier: Arleigh Hale{thrown thru nose}
Radio Operator: Jim Pultz
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/7041
Google Maps
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2020 18:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Apr-2020 09:54 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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