ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237832
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1944 |
| Time: | 09:36 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-35-DL Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-107075 |
| MSN: | OR-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Obersaxen -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bassingbourn |
| Bassingbourn |
Mid-air collision with another B-17 over Germany. The other B-17 crashed, 42-107075 managed to fly to Switzerland, where all nine occupants bailed out. The aircraft crashed into a mountain and was destroyed.
Sources:
https://warbird.ch/wb-events/rauch-aus-dem-bombenschacht/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 March 1943 | 41-24549 | 323BS/91BG USAAF | 8 | Buldern, Dülmen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2020 14:51 | Alpine Flight | Added |
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