ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52171
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| Date: | Thursday 4 February 1943 |
| Time: | 11:27 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 91th BGp /323th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-24589 |
| MSN: | 3274 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pole 7, Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire |
Damaged by Flak and hit by Luftwaffe fighters, during a raid at Emden. The aircraft was possibly hit by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Alfred Naumann of the 11./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 F-4 'G9+*V' from Leeuwarden airfield.
The pilot crash landed the plane on the beach of the island of Terschelling. Two crew members died of the injuries sustained in the crash, Marvin H. Beiseker and Michael T. La Medica. They are buried at Margraten War Cemetery.
The remaining crew set fire to the plane to destroy it.
The plane was called 'Texas Bronco', from the 323rd Bomb Squadron and 91st Bomb Group.
Call Sign: OR-
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. E.B. Ellis 0-437909 USAAF Survived pow
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. K.H. Futch O-662773 USAAF Survived pow
Navigator 1st Lt. H.M. Dunham O-728197 USAAF Survived pow
Bombardier 1st Lt. M.H. Beiseker jr. O-727077 USAAF Margraten O-9-10 Initially buried Terschelling
Engineer T/Sgt. R.E. Demars 11035719 USAAF Survived pow
Radio Operator T/Sgt. M.T. La Medica 10600427 USAAF Margraten L-7-22 Initially buried Leeuwarden
Air gunner S/Sgt. W.E. Howard 36170270 USAAF Survived pow
Air gunner Sgt. J.L. Mastroberardino 32197129 USAAF Survived pow
Air gunner S/Sgt. N.L. Floyd 14072785 USAAF Survived pow
Air gunner S/Sgt. A. Gaeta 12029985 USAAF Survived pow
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2041&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
http://www.fryslan4045.nl/index.php/meer-over-oorlog-boven-friesland
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Sep-2011 01:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Nov-2016 12:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2018 12:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2018 07:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2019 20:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 17:25 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 02:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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