ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51465
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| Date: | Thursday 19 August 1943 |
| Time: | 18:58 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-70-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 305th BGp /364th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-29807 |
| MSN: | 4921 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde, 7 km east of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chelveston (UK) |
'Lady Liberty' was hit by the 1. & 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 810 (Flak-Batterie Vlissingen-Nord and Flak-Batterie Vlissingen-Ost, operating 105 mm Flak guns) at 21.000 ft (6400 metres). 8 KiA, 2 POW.
The aircraft was on a bombing mission to Luftwaffe airfields in the Netherlands.
Call Sign: WF-O
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. R.R. Miller O-664430 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. J.F. Meade O-735427 USAAF USA
Navigator 2nd Lt. D.J. Mc Gowan O-797120 USAAF USA
Bombardier 2nd Lt. J.M. Mc Ginley O-734491 USAAF Belgium B-42-49 Buried Ardennes American Cemetery
Engineer T/Sgt. B.G. Crabtree 14073813 USAAF USA
Radio Operator T/Sgt. F.F. Horn 06272727 USAAF USA
LW Gunner Sgt. W.J. Crough 10600066 USAAF Belgium D-12-52 Buried Ardennes American Cemetery
RW Gunner S/Sgt. E.G. Lott 14080518 USAAF Margraten WOM
BT Gunner S/Sgt. A.F. Miller jr. 33263309 USAAF Margraten WOM
T Gunner S/Sgt. E. Radosevitch 38166536 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2818&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Marineflak/MFlakAbt.htm
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 08:51 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2018 09:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2018 09:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2019 06:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 20:30 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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