ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278304
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Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
Time: | 09:29 |
Type: | Boeing B-17F |
Owner/operator: | Pilot: Eugene Wilcox |
Registration: | 42-3318 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | Crashed at sea -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Snetterton UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative: The third element is a combined force of 63 B-17s from : 94BG (21); 96BG (20); and 385BG (22) dispatched to bomb the German airfield of Kerlin/Bastard, France. 53 are effective on the target. One aircraft from 96BG Failed to Return (FTR) 10KIA. The bomber gunners claim 2-0-0 of attacking German aircraft.48th claim for Herbert Huppertz Staffelkapitän of 8./JG 2 last seen on fire & crashed at sea.
Sources:
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-3318-shack-rabbit-ii/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2022 05:39 |
jhupp |
Added |
22-May-2022 05:41 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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