Accident Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 44-20741,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49539
 
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Date:Friday 15 December 1944
Time:13:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic P47 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Owner/operator:412th FSqn /373rd FGp USAAF
Registration: 44-20741
MSN: V5-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Buchten - Illikhoven (Roosteren), Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.68 Le Culot/Beauvechain (B)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft was hit following a bombing run and crashed.

The pilot, S.N. Reuter, did not survive and rests at a cemetery in the USA.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4807&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 November 1944 373th FGp /412th FSqn USAAF 0 Heerlen, Limburg w/o
19 November 1944 373th FGp /412th FSqn USAAF 0 Heerlen, Limburg w/o
19 March 1945 42-28613 373th FGp /412th FSqn USAAF Y.55 Venlo Airfield, Limburg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
22-Dec-2018 09:12 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source]
26-Oct-2019 09:49 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2020 19:16 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator]
06-May-2021 08:08 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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