ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49802
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| Date: | Thursday 5 October 1944 |
| Time: | 12:48 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-70-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 452th BGp /731th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-37744 |
| MSN: | 8722 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Oosterbosweg road, Castenray, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Deopham Green/AAF Sta.142, Norfolk |
'Final Approach' was hit by Flak over the target and finally hit by the 2./schwere Flak-Abteilung 362 (o) based at Overbroek (Leunen, Limburg).
The pilots performed an emergency-landing; all were taken prisoner of war, three were injured.
The Fortress was flying an operation against Münster-Handorf airfield, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4464&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/11749
http://ww2.dk/ground/flak/abt/s362.html
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 06:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2019 19:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2019 19:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Apr-2020 16:01 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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