ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51480
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 August 1943 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Republic P-47C-5-RE Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 56th FGp /63th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-6372 |
| MSN: | UN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wolder, Maastricht, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Halesworth, UK |
Shot down by an Fw 190A.
The P-47 was on an escort flight, providing support for the withdrawal of B-17s that had bombed Schweinfurt, Germany.
Pilot: 1st Lt. E.A. Sugas O-660213 USAAF Margraten KK-10-247 Initially buried at Maastricht
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2796&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 August 1943 | 41-6216 | 56th FGp /63th FSqn USAAF | 0 | Haringvliet off Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland | |
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 |
| 08-Aug-2018 10:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2019 21:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2020 20:04 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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