ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 95049
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| Date: | Sunday 6 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American P-51D-5-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 339th FGp /370th FSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-13917 |
| MSN: | 109-27550 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ljungbyhed (ESTL) (Skane) -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire |
D7-L, "You´ve Had it". Engine trouble during raid on Gdingen, emergency landing in Sweden (belly landing?). Pilot: 2nd/Lt. Franklin D. Talcott.
Aircraft repaired and taken over by Flygvapnet (Swedish AF) as Fv 26004.
Talcott later crashed fatally at Ljungbyhed (7.10.44) during intended ferry flight of Mustang 43-12463 to Stockholm, when performing a reckless "airshow" flying extremely low.
Sources:
http://www.silvervingar.se/Beredskapstid.html
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2011 03:26 | Masen63 | Added |
| 08-Sep-2011 03:01 | Uli Elch | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2011 03:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Jan-2012 06:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2021 17:31 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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