ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50578
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| Date: | Saturday 15 April 1944 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 354th FGp /353th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-12197 |
| MSN: | FT- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Klein-Ulsda, Oudeschans, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lashenden, Kent |
With the aircraft on fire, the pilot, 2nd Lt. B.J. Lamb, bailed out but his parachute failed. He is buried at Margraten cemetery.
On this day, the USAAF carried out strafing sweeps of Luftwaffe airfields in Central and Western Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3597&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/11159
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/4
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1943 | 42-12170 | 354th FGp /353th FSqn USAAF | 1 | 110 km east of Cromer, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 11 April 1944 | 43-7046 | 354th FGp /353th FSqn USAAF | 0 | south of Utrecht | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Apr-2019 16:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2021 21:13 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 10:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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