ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51137
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| Date: | Saturday 11 December 1943 |
| Time: | 12:47 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-70-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 385th BGp /548th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3488 |
| MSN: | 8424 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Offingawier, Sneek, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Ashfield /AAF Sta.155 |
Weidner’s Wildcat was damaged by Flak over the target and attacked by Luftwaffe fighters on return:
Hit by Lt. Heinrich Steis of the 4./JG 27, flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Wiesbaden-Erbenheim airfield, Germany.
Target: Emden, Germany
Call Sign: GX-L
Crew; 2 KiA, 8 POW:
Pilot 2nd Lt. E.F. Pollock O-799065 USAAF Survived Evaded, later POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. M.A. Raim O-749058 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. M.G. Alexander O-807958 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. M. Weinstein O-673435 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. H.M. Barber 13117748 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator Sgt. M. Schwartz 32527497 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. H.G. Hall 39146781 USAAF USA
RW Gunner Sgt. F.M. Harwell 38445485 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner Sgt. W.M. Husband 12080317 USAAF Margraten O-21-4
T Gunner Sgt. J. La Via 32694148 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3194&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6559
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 11:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2018 18:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2018 12:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Apr-2020 10:11 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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