ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49962
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 352th FGp /328th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-13996 |
| MSN: | PE- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heijen (near the Nieuwe Erf hamlet), Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney, Norfolk |
The Mustang failed to return from an area support mission to Nijmegen, Gelderland. Hit by light, but intense and accurate Flak.
The pilot, Maj. J.D. Blanchard, abandoned the aircraft and evaded capture.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4316&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/14222
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/102566
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 February 1945 | 44-11750 | 352th FGp /328th FSqn USAAF | 0 | 3 km SE of Erica, Drenthe | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2011 06:36 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 31-Dec-2011 06:36 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Sep-2019 14:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2019 14:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2019 14:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 14-Sep-2019 14:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2020 19:40 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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