ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269676
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Date: | Sunday 1 August 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 41-11819 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ploiesti -
Romania
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by flak during operation 'Tidal Wave', while bombing oil fields and refineries. Eight crew members died in the crash, two survived.
Sources:
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-consolidated-b-24d-co-liberator-ploiesti-8-killed Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Nov-2021 11:52 |
gerard57 |
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