ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49885
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 September 1944 |
| Time: | 16:41 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-35-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 457th BGp /749th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-32079 |
| MSN: | 7193 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heereweg road, Lisse, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Glatton/AAF Sta.130, Cambridgeshire |
'Jayhawk' was hit by Flak over the Dutch coast; abandoned by the crew and crashed.
This Fortress was briefed with hitting targets at Osnabrück (Niedersachsen, Germany).
422 B-17s are dispatched to hit the marshaling yard and steel industry at Osnabruck (383); other targets hit are Rheine Airfield (10), Hesepe Airfield (3) and others (4): 2 B-17s are lost and 101 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 2 WIA and 18 MIA. Escort is provided by 134 of 144 P-51s; they claim 2-0-3 aircraft on the ground; 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Pilot 2/Lt. C.H. Gooch O-764122 USAAF Survived - wounded, evaded
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. J.P. Quillin O-768220 USAAF Survived - POW
Navigator/Bombardier 2/Lt. R.L. Phipps O-707437 USAAF Survived - evader
Engineer S/Sgt. W.H. Parker 31226719 USAAF USA - initially buried Ardennes American Cemetery
Radio Operator S/Sgt. C.W. Kelsey 15102544 USAAF Survived - evader
Nose Gunner T/Sgt. A.P. Mc Dermott 12064088 USAAF Survived - wounded, POW
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. L.J. Chermack 36815267 USAAF Survived - evader
Waist Gunner S/Sgt. T.V. Angott 16189552 USAAF Survived - evader
Tail Gunner S/Sgt. D.J. Reilly 19142840 USAAF USA - initially buried Ardennes American Cemetery
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4383&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6240
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1552
JF Baugher
http://www.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/onthulling-monument-b-17-jayhawk-te-lisse/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 06:59 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2014 18:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2019 19:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2019 19:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Apr-2020 15:57 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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