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Date: | Sunday 9 April 1944 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Lockheed P-38J-5-LO Lightning |
Owner/operator: | 20th FGp /55th FSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-67192 |
MSN: | KI- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | IJsselmeer near Hindeloopen, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft suffered engine trouble. The pilot bailed out and was taken prisoner of war.
The Lightning was flying bomber support for the USAAF operation against Poznań (Posen) and Rumia (Rahmel) in Poland and Tutow in Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3576&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/8824 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1136 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
06-Apr-2019 14:39 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Mar-2020 21:38 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
15-Jun-2022 19:35 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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