ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50413
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| Date: | Thursday 8 June 1944 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-5A-10-LO Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 7th PRGp /14th PRSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-12981 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blaarthemseweg 80-50, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire |
Departed Mount Farm at 09:55hrs LT with pilot Capt Robert R Nelson and Capt Cassaday on a photo-recce operation of marshalling yards at Hasselt, Belgium. Nelson was shot down by the Flak placed on the Philips works (buildings of Strijp-S), Eindhoven. They were flying so low that they had to pull up to avoid flying directly into the buildings. At that moment they were hit by the Flak placed on these buildings, that belonged to the 6./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591 (v).
The USAAF pilot was initially buried at Woensel, Eindhoven; now buried at Margraten cemetery, Limburg.
For pictures of the aircraft and its pilot, see link #2.
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3764&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/2772
3. Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jun-2019 07:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2020 09:37 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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