Incident Republic P-47D-2-RE Thunderbolt 42-7975,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51265
 
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Date:Sunday 7 November 1943
Time:11:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic P47 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic P-47D-2-RE Thunderbolt
Owner/operator:56th FGp /63th FSqn USAAF
Registration: 42-7975
MSN: UN-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Son and Breugel, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Halesworth, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Engine trouble enroute to Wesel. Pilot bailed out.
The aircraft was on an escort flight operation to Wesel, Germany.

Pilot: 1st Lt. R.E. Sheehan T-000989 USAAF Survived Evader

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3071&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9696

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 September 1944 42-26316 56th FGp /63th FSqn USAAF 1 Bellinckhofweg road, Weerselo, Overijssel w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
05-Nov-2018 09:50 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Mar-2020 20:19 DG333 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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