ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50138
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| Date: | Friday 15 September 1944 |
| Time: | 19:29 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk IIIB |
| Owner/operator: | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FB203 |
| MSN: | YT- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Herwijnen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Grimbergen (B.60), Belgium |
Operation - recce flight.
EX-USAAF 42-103097 to RAF Jan 1944 as Mustang III FB203. Crashed at Herwijnen, Netherlands, September 15, 1944, after pilot abandoned aircraft following a Flak hit.
The pilot, F/O. B.H. Scarff, safely abandoned the aircraft near Breda (Noord-Brabant) and was taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4024&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 September 1944 | FB129 | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | Winssen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 17 September 1944 | FX896 | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Wehl, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2011 16:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 06:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-May-2013 06:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2019 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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