ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51143
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| Date: | Saturday 11 December 1943 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-1-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 401th BGp /614th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-31098 |
| MSN: | 6212 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | over Emden -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Deenethorpe/AAF Sta.128 (UK) |
| RAF Lindholm, South Yorkshire |
'Penny's Thunderhead' was damaged by Flak over the target and attacked by Luftwaffe fighters on return.
Severely damaged and some crew bailed out over enemy territory.
Rest returned safely. Plane repaired.
Later crash-landed due to mechanical failure at Deenethorpe, UK Mar 26, 1944 and was scrapped.
Target: Emden, Germany
Call Sign: IW-B
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. R.H. Kaufman O-802121 USAAF Survived Landed UK
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. F.B. Robinson O-684556 USAAF Margraten F-11-26 Initially buried Pietersbierum
Navigator 2nd Lt. J.A. Barrett O-683892 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. R.C. Fitzgerald O-679459 USAAF Survived Landed UK
Engineer S/Sgt. H.A. Shaw 33253277 USAAF Margraten B-4-4 Initially buried Terschelling
Radio Operator Corp. D.H. Carlson 39329973 USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. T.R. Nielsen 37434765 USAAF Cambridge WOM
RW Gunner S/Sgt. H.L. Bargfrede 37228695 USAAF Margraten B-4-16 Initially buried Ameland
BT Gunner S/Sgt. F.R. Cope 35680079 USAAF Margraten WOM
T Gunner S/Sgt. E.W. Masterman 39196860 USAAF Margraten WOM
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3197A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5159
JF Baugher
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 March 1944 | 42-31098 | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) | 0 | RAF Deenethorpe, |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 09:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2011 02:11 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2018 12:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2020 10:08 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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