ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52245
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| Date: | Saturday 11 March 1944 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51B-5-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 355th FGp /358th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-6554 |
| MSN: | YF-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Scharn, Maastricht, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Steeple Morden, Hertfordshire |
The aircraft was damaged by Flak. The pilot, F/O. J.A. Chalot, was taken prisoner of war.
The Mustang was on a bomber support operation to the Gladbeck area (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) when the pilot reduced altitude due to shortage of oxygen and the aircraft was hit by Flak.
On this day, the USAAF raided railroad marshalling yards at Münster (Nordrhein-Westfalen).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3524A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/13624
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/815
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Mar-2019 18:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 21:16 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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