ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50867
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-20-BO Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 379th BGp /524th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-31510 |
| MSN: | 6624 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NE of Afferden, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kimbolton/AAF Sta.117 (UK) |
The aircraft was damaged by Flak near the target and shot down by Luftwaffe fighters on the return flight.
The Fortress was on an operation to aviation industry at Wernigerode, Germany, as part of Operation Argument AKA 'Big Week'.
Call Sign: WA-D
Crew: 6 evaded and 4 POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3450&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5613
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/790
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 04:41 | Harmy | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2011 10:29 | uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 04:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2019 21:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 20:34 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 19-Jun-2022 10:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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