ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50857
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | 11:10 LT |
| Type: |  Martin B-26B-15-MA Marauder |
| Owner/operator: | 386th BGp /555th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-31644 |
| MSN: | YA-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Technologieweg road, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Dunmow, AAF Sta.164 Essex |
'Crescendo' was hit by light Flak of the leichte Flak-Abteilung 831 (o) and collided with B-26 41-31685, following bombing Gilze-Rijen airfield that was occupied by German forces. All crew members except for the pilot Charles Vernon Thornton were able to bail out.
Parts recovered 1974.
In the morning, 66 B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group USAAF raided Gilze-Rijen airfield, on which they dropped 317 * 250 lbs and 927 * 100 lbs high-explosive bombs. They were escorted by RAF Spitfires.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3452&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/207104512/Emotionele+onthulling+monument+van+in+Tweede+Wereldoorlog+neergestorte+piloot+in+Oosterhout.aspx
http://ww2.dk/ground/flak/abt/le831.html
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 04:41 | Harmy | Updated |
| 16-Feb-2012 04:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 22-Feb-2014 19:19 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 07:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 07:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2021 10:00 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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