ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50948
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Date: | Friday 4 February 1944 |
Time: | 14:30 LT |
Type: | Boeing B-17G-10-BO Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 390th BGp /569th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-31292 |
MSN: | 6406 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | near Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Framlingham/AAF Sta.153, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:'Dolly' was hit by Flak at 12:02 GMT near the Laacher See lake, Glees, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. The pilot belly-landed the aircraft near Lekkerkerk.
The Fortress was on an operation to marshalling yards at Frankfurt, Germany. These were targeted because of the upcoming invasion of the European mainland.
Call Sign: CC-F
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. C.B. Strait O-799495 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. G.F. Wilson O-676854 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. J.J. Klingenberg O-808079 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. T.L. Heath O-679508 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. C.E. Hahn 39827885 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. M.G. Herrick 39110787 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. A. Elizondo 39262976 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. C.L. Lewis 35431601 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. H. Alesiani 35277056 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner S/Sgt. T.F. Selridge 17046823 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3382&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5373 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1613 JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
07-Apr-2009 12:04 |
Harmy |
Updated |
01-Sep-2011 10:05 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
29-Jan-2019 12:08 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Jan-2019 12:08 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Damage] |
04-Apr-2020 20:09 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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