ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240952
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Date: | Thursday 6 May 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24D Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-40112 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1.5 km off Marsaxlokk -
Malta
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:During a bombing mission, the airplane was hit by flak and eventually the plane was ditched into the sea. One crew member is MIA.
Sources:
https://maltadives.com/sites/b24liberatorbomber https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164221 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Sep-2020 07:31 |
gerard57 |
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