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Date: | Saturday 8 April 1944 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning |
Owner/operator: | 55th FGp /338th FSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 42-67721 |
MSN: | CL- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Vorrelveen road, Beilen, Drenthe -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Nuthampstead, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter. The pilot, 1st Lt. T.F. Knudson, did not survive and was buried at Beilen. He now rests at Margraten cemetery.
The Lightning was flying fighter escort for the USAAF operation against Braunschweig, Oldenburg and Quakenbrück, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3571&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/8930 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1135 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
03-Apr-2019 18:08 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Mar-2020 21:39 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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