ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48944
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| Date: | Friday 30 March 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 43-37900 |
| MSN: | 8878 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.86 Helmond Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Polebrook UK |
| Polebrook UK |
Emergency-landing 30 March 1945 with Flak damage/three engines out from Bremen mission. Struck by lightning while 33 Mobile Repair & Replace Sqn repairing. Scrapped 20 May 1945.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5460A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Book: Oorlogsvliegvelden van Gemert Bakel Helmond ISBN 978-90-73621-00-8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 04:04 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
| 06-Mar-2012 01:01 | HFG | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 10:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 03:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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