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Date: | Wednesday 21 June 1944 |
Time: | 09:59 LT |
Type: | Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning |
Owner/operator: | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-68127 |
MSN: | CL- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Waddenzee 3 km NNW of Pieterburen, Groningen prv -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wormingford, Essex |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed. The pilot, 1st Lt. M.G. Armstrong, survived and was taken prisoner of war.
The aircraft was flying fighter escort for the 8th AF USAAF operation against Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3824&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9063 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
19-Jun-2019 12:20 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Mar-2020 09:52 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
12-Jun-2022 21:42 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
14-Jun-2022 10:49 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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