ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234542
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 April 1944 |
| Time: | 00:42 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-20-VE Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 96th BGp /413th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-97556 |
| MSN: | MZ-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the St Andrew's church at Great Glemham in Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Framlingham/AAF Sta.153, Suffolk |
| RAF Snetterton Heath, Norfolk |
The aircraft was detailed to Framlingham (390BG) to pick up a PFF crew for a mission to Rostock in Germany.
En route back to Snetterton Heath, the aircraft was shot down by intruder pilot Leutnant Wolfgang Wenning of the Stab II./KG 51, who was flying an Me 410 A-1/U2. Three on board did not survive, the other nine were injured:
Pilot / Don McGregor
Co-pilot / Ike Hightower
Navigator / Francis Uihlein
Flight engineer/top turret gunner / Paul Morgan
Waist gunner / Arthur Flint
Waist gunner / Jim McLean
Tail gunner / Jesse Graham
Ground crew / Emmett Mathews
Ground crew / Nyle Smith (nine injured)
Bombardier / Lt John Petrowski
Navigator / Lt George Petruchia
Radio Operator / Howell Thompson (three killed)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/10631
Google Maps
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2020 12:31 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Apr-2020 16:24 | Reno Raines | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Embed code, Operator] |
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