Incident North American B-25 Mitchell Mk II FR176,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50696
 
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Date:Tuesday 24 October 1944
Time:16:05 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American B-25 Mitchell Mk II
Owner/operator:320 (NL) Sqn RAF
Registration: FR176
MSN: NO-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Hedel, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.58 Melsbroek, Belgium
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 14:50 hrs for an operation to Hedel.
Over the target, the aircraft was hit by Flak; the crew bailed out over liberated territory.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4571&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
13 January 1945 FW227 320 (NL) Sqn RAF 4 near Manderfeld, Büllingen, Liège w/o
16 February 1945 FR145 320 (NL) Sqn RAF 1 B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
10-Oct-2019 18:07 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Oct-2019 21:42 juza7 Updated [Operator]
22-Jun-2022 01:49 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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