ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51492
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Date: | Thursday 12 August 1943 |
Time: | 10:19 |
Type: | Boeing B-17F-30-DL Fortress |
Owner/operator: | 91th BGp /324th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-3162 |
MSN: | LL-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 14 km SW of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn /AAF Sta.121 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:'Buccaneer' collided with a B-17F-60-BO Fortress, serial number 42-29587, nicknamed 'Jolly Roger'. Tail damage, aircraft ditched in the North Sea, crew picked up by German boat.
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. T.G. Wilson O-728793 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot 1st Lt. P. Berkey III O-665969 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. G.H. Carlson O-795199 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. W.L. Boyle O-734416 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. F.C. King 39379415 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. C.E. Alston 38125355 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner S/Sgt. L. Gramesty 11066264 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner S/Sgt. C.G. Pratt 31074332 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner S/Sgt. R.J. Sams 35104702 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner S/Sgt. J. Marko 1109…. USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2787&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5733 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
03-Sep-2011 02:00 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
07-Aug-2018 19:55 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
19-Dec-2019 21:02 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
19-Dec-2019 21:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
31-Mar-2020 20:38 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
20-Jun-2022 00:59 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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