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Date: | Wednesday 24 May 1944 |
Time: | 14:30 LT |
Type: | Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning |
Owner/operator: | 20th FGp /79th FSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-67858 |
MSN: | MC- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 km west of Wartena, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The pilot, 2nd Lt. R.E. Huarte, was forced to fly on one engine on the return flight and belly-landed the aircraft. He was taken prisoner of war.
The Lightning was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against Berlin.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3706&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/8968 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
22-May-2019 09:51 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Mar-2020 09:33 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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