ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49611
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| Date: | Sunday 26 November 1944 |
| Time: | 13:51 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-70-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 398th BGp /600th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-37846 |
| MSN: | 8824 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Velswijk, Zelhem, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire, UK |
'Phony Express' was damaged by Flak in the target area. The aircraft with call sign 'NS-T' had taken off for an operation to the Deurag oil refinery at Misburg (Hannover, Germany). The pilot performed an emergency-landing in a field. All nine were taken prisoner of war:
Pilot 1st. Lt. Kermit R. POPE
Co-Pilot: 1st Lt. Walter M. BAGOT
Navigator F/O John T. JURCYK
Bombardier Walter W. POOLE Jr.
Engineer T/Sgt. Ovila S. CORBIERE
Radio/Op S/Sgt. Delmont E. LEWIS
Ball Turret Gnr. S/Sgt. Kenneth B. HAWKINS
Right Waist Gnr. S/Sgt. Joseph R. KERR
Tail Gnr. S/Sgt. Charles H. STEELE.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4728&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
JF Baugher
http://www.crashmuseum.nl/fotos.html
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/11852
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 06:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 11:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2019 18:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2020 16:09 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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