ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51450
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| Date: | Thursday 19 August 1943 |
| Time: | 19:11 |
| Type: |  Republic P-47C-2-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 56th FGp /63th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-6216 |
| MSN: | UN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haringvliet off Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Halesworth, UK |
The plane was ditched in the water by the pilot after engine failure. The pilot, 2Lt. Glenn L.Hodges, became POW.
The Thunderbolt was flying an escort flight mission, providing fighter cover for the B-17 formation withdrawing from an attack on Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2821&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/home/1943-08-19-p47c-2
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 August 1943 | 41-6372 | 56th FGp /63th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Wolder, Maastricht, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 9 September 1944 | 42-8575 | 56th FGp /63th FSqn USAAF | 1 | Etten-Leur ('De Baai'), Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Aug-2018 08:07 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2018 12:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2019 21:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2020 20:05 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2022 09:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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