ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51313
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| Date: | Sunday 10 October 1943 |
| Time: | 15:12 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-75-DL Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 385th BGp /549th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3539 |
| MSN: | 8475 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Helhuizenweg road, Holten, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Ashfield /AAF Sta.155 |
Hit by an Fw 190A in the No. 2 engine.
Feldwebel Gerd Wiegand of the 4./JG 26 claimed a B-17 east of Arnhem at 15:10 hrs on this date.
Call Sign: XA-P
Takeoff time: 11:10
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. W.B. Whitlow O-735133 USAAF Survived Evader
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J.F. Burch O-802528 USAAF Cambridge WOM
Navigator 2nd Lt. W.D. Fazenbaker O-801001 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. L.A. Stanford O-673829 USAAF Survived Evaded
Engineer T/Sgt. W.G. Shaneyfelt 15103371 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. J.T. Asgcraft 38200176 USAAF Survived Evaded
LW Gunner S/Sgt. C.W. Schaumburg 16051022 USAAF Survived POW
RW Gunner S/Sgt. H.E. Walker 33128066 USAAF Margraten J-19-3
BT Gunner S/Sgt. T.M. Ennis 16097698 USAAF USA
T Gunner S/Sgt. R.L. Richards 16074719 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2960&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6610
JF Baugher
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=56648
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 12:01 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 08:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2020 18:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2020 09:01 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Operator] |
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