ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50215
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| Date: | Sunday 27 August 1944 |
| Time: | 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51C-1-NT Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 339th FGp /503th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-103325 |
| MSN: | D7- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea northwest of the German coast -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire |
The aircraft suffered engine trouble. The pilot, 1st Lt. J.M. Carothers, is missing in action and is commemorated at the Margraten Walls of the Missing.
The Mustang was on an escort flight operation to Berlin.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3954&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2055
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 May 1944 | 42-103295 | 339th FGp /503th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Sint Willebrord, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jul-2019 09:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2019 09:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2021 10:40 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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