ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50796
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Date: | Monday 6 March 1944 |
Time: | 15:17 LT |
Type: | Consolidated B-24H-15-FO Liberator |
Owner/operator: | 458th BGp /754th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-52450 |
MSN: | Z5-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near the Kromme Ganssloot water, Wijdewormer polder, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft was badly damaged by Flak over Berlin. The Liberator was on an operation to industrial areas at Berlin.
Three crew members died.
2Lt Harry S Bengry jr (Co-Pilot) 0-811416 from Ingham, Michigan: kia
Sgt Edwin E Sowles (TT/E) 37443523 from Mower, Minnesota: kia
S/Sgt James Nemeth (Radio Operator) 32450063, from Middlesex, New Jersey: kia: buried at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3506&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/7933 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/810 http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/ed554jisp/liberator.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Oct-2014 09:37 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Mar-2019 18:09 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-May-2020 07:50 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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