ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52173
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| Date: | Thursday 4 February 1943 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 91th BGp /323th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-24544 |
| MSN: | 3229 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn /AAF Sta.121 |
'Pennsylvania Polka' was attacked by Fw 190As and by night fighters. Claimed shot down by Oberfeldwebel Heinz Grimm of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 F-4 Wnr. 4618 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Unteroffizier Alfred Naumann of the 11./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 F-4 'G9+*V') claimed also a B-17 destroyed, possibly this machine.
Target: Emden
Call Sign: OR-O
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt. A.L. Bobrow 0-789365 USAAF Britain Walls of the Missing Cambridge
Co-Pilot 1st Lt. J.J. Sanders O-662829 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Navigator 1st Lt. E.L. Clinard jr. O-728176 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Bombardier 1st Lt. N.L. Andrews O-727071 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Engineer T/Sgt. P.L. Bass 14031786 USAAF Britain Walls of the Missing Cambridge
Radio Operator T/Sgt. C.E. Curb 39084012 USAAF Britain Walls of the Missing Cambridge
Air gunner S/Sgt. L.J. Fredeicks 17043318 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Air gunner Sgt. C.E. Blackburn 15071592 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
BT Gunner T/Sgt. B.J. Wheeler 38058747 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
T Gunner Sgt. E.R. Campbell 39084294 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2039&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2011 13:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 01-Sep-2011 14:21 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2018 12:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2018 19:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2020 17:24 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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