ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50976
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-75-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 351th BGp /511th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3509 |
| MSN: | 8445 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bruggenmorsweg, Enschede, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Polebrook /AAF Sta.110 |
'Crystal Ball' was hit by flak and fighters during an operation to aviation industry at Braunschweig, Germany.
All crew ejected, but the parachute of pilot S/Sgt. Emil F. Ambrose does not open and he dies.
The remaining crew survives: 1st Lt. Charles E. Robertson, 2nd Lt. Robert P. Robbins, navigator 2nd lt. Milton J. Kaplan, F/O Earl E. Holmes, engineer T/Sgt. H.L. James, T/Sgt. William R. Delany, S/Sgt. Norris R. Stewart, Lloyd M. Gabriel and Earl W. Winburn
The plane belongs to the 351st Bomb Group, 511st Bomb Squadron.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3343&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
http://www.secondworldwar.nl/enschede/luchtoorlog-neergestorte-vliegtuigen.php#.VCMTxcIcSdI
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6580
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Apr-2009 12:04 | Harmy | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2011 11:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2011 11:45 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Sep-2014 19:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2019 10:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 15:29 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 07:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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