ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51148
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| Date: | Saturday 11 December 1943 |
| Time: | 12:35 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-100-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 94th BGp /410th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-30415 |
| MSN: | 5529 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Orvelte, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bury St Edmunds /AAF Sta.468 |
'Sugar Puss III / Lucky Lady' left formation following the bombing run with smoking engines; abandoned by the crew and hit the ground on autopilot. Hit by Lt. Hans Ehlers of the 3./JG 1, flying an Fw 190 A-6 from Dortmund-Brackel airfield, Germany.
Target: Emden, Germany
Call Sign: GL-P
Crew; 1 KiA, 10 POW:
Pilot 2nd Lt. H.F. Berwaldt O-796766 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J. Robertson jr. O-745183 USAAF Margraten F-21-27
Navigator 2nd Lt. J.H. Fishbein O-807908 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. T.R. Nardone O-741282 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. J.A. Yates 34362576 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. A.R. Jungwirth USAAF Survived POW
LW Gunner S/Sgt. R.C. Sims 06285032 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. J.P. Narducci 37300146 USAAF Survived POW
BT Gunner S/Sgt. M.C. Noonan 11007120 USAAF Survived POW
T Gunner S/Sgt. W.G. Thaxton 35448404 USAAF Survived POW
Photographer S/Sgt. A.C. Lepkosky USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3190&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 10:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2018 16:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2018 16:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2018 16:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2020 09:52 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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