ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50314
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Date: | Friday 7 July 1944 |
Time: | 09:30 LT |
Type: | Republic P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt |
Owner/operator: | 353th FGp /HQ USAAF |
Registration: | 42-25971 |
MSN: | LH-X |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nienburg/Weser, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft was hit by Flak and machine gun fire.
The pilot, Col. G.D. Duncan, performed a belly-landing and evaded to the Netherlands.
The Thunderbolt was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against industry at Leipzig (Sachsen, Germany).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3861&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= picture -
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2949 Google Maps
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php - JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
06-Jan-2012 08:03 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
05-Jul-2019 20:15 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Mar-2020 10:59 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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