Accident Lockheed F-5B-1-LO Lightning 42-67331,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49915
 
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Date:Monday 25 September 1944
Time:17:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic P38 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed F-5B-1-LO Lightning
Owner/operator:7th PRGp /27th PSqn USAAF
Registration: 42-67331
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Rietkamp road, Huissen, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft failed to return from a photo recce operation.
The pilot, 1/Lt. W.M. McDonald, did not survive and is buried in the Frankfort cemetery, Kentucky, the United States of America.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4359&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/8854
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
18-Sep-2019 18:46 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Mar-2020 09:57 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Operator]

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