ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52332
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 94th BGp /333th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-5880 |
| MSN: | 6176 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2,5 km east of Opheusden, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bury St Edmunds (UK) |
Shot down by Unteroffizier Johannes Rathenow of the 1./JG 1 (flying an Fw 190 A-4 from Schiphol airfield) between Hemmen and Dodewaard, Netherlands on the way back from a raid on Hüls, Germany. Also hit by Flak.
Target: German rubber industry (Chemische Werke Hüls AG) at Marl (district Hüls-Nord), Germany
Call Sign: TS-
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. J.G. Sabella O-791340 USAAF Survived POW
Co-Pilot F/O. D.D. Long T-000196 USAAF Survived POW
Navigator 2nd Lt. J.H. Gaudette O-796517 USAAF Survived POW
Bombardier 2nd Lt. W.R. Tinker O-733000 USAAF Survived POW
Engineer T/Sgt. G. Eliason 16045125 USAAF Survived POW
Radio Operator T/Sgt. A.P. Galasso 12066072 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner S/Sgt. R.C. Hardin 39845836 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. D.C. Benner 16076638 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner S/Sgt. L.E. Blocker 37211293 USAAF Survived POW
Air gunner S/Sgt. C.E. Stimpson 33246350 USAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2524&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 07:23 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2018 08:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2018 08:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2019 21:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 17:48 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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