ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233167
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| Date: | Sunday 25 February 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 36th FGp /22th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-28469 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 20 km southeast of Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | A.89 Le Culot (B) |
The aircraft failed to return from an armed recce operation to Düren in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Probably, it was shot down by Focke-Wulf fighter aircraft.
1/Lt. F.M. Scherer is missing in action and is commemorated at the Margraten Walls of the Missing in the Netherlands.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5322D&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/3249
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2020 21:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Feb-2020 21:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Mar-2020 10:08 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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