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Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1944 |
Time: | 12:20 LT |
Type: | Lockheed P-38J-5-LO Lightning |
Owner/operator: | 20th FGp /79th FSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-67251 |
MSN: | MC- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 18 km W of Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft developed engine trouble.
The pilot, 2nd Lt. O.T. Hillyard, is missing in action and is commemorated at the Margraten Walls of the Missing.
The Lightning was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3872&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/8841 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/911 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
17-Jul-2019 07:35 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
17-Jul-2019 07:36 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Phase] |
28-Mar-2020 09:54 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
18-Jun-2022 05:10 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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