ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238307
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Date: | Thursday 13 July 1944 |
Time: | 11:11 LT |
Type: | Boeing B-17G-35-DL Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | USAAF |
Registration: | 42-107137 |
MSN: | XR-O |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Payerne -
Switzerland
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Thorpe Abbotts |
Destination airport: | Thorpe Abbotts |
Narrative:Substantial damages due to flak. Emergency landing in Switzerland. All crew escaped uninjured. The bomber was repaired and flown back to UK in October 1945.
Sources:
https://warbird.ch/wb-events/durch-flak-treffer-treibstoff-verloren/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Jul-2020 12:05 |
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