ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49534
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| Date: | Sunday 17 December 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 365th FGp /386th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-28645 |
| MSN: | D5- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Monschau, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | A.84 Chièvres (B) |
While engaged in an armed recce operation, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
The pilot, 2/Lt. H.A. Sting, did not survive and rests at Margraten cemetery in the Netherlands; grave P-12-1.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4811&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/3271
- JF Baugher
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 September 1944 | 44-19735 | 365th FGp /386th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Aalbeek, Hulsberg, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 18 September 1944 | 42-26386 | 365th FGp /386th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Obbicht, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 08:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2019 09:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2019 09:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Mar-2020 10:34 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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