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Date: 23-Oct-2020
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Detail page crash 06-Dec-1944
| CrashID | 463 |
| Date | 06-Dec-1944 |
| Time | 15:17 |
| Location | Ouddorp |
| Airplane | Boeing |
| Type / model | B-17G-75-BO Vliegend Fort |
| Serial number | 43-37944 |
| Registration number | DR |
| Group | 486th BG USAAF |
| Squadron | 834th BS USAAF |
| Base | Sudbury |
| Mission | No 112 |
| Target | Merseburg Duitsland |
| Crew | Robert C. Miller pilot POW Edmund T. Barcikowski co-pilot POW Frederick C. Kinsler gunner POW Richard M. Hobgood engineer POW Marion W. Taylor radio operator POW Frank Ward gunner POW William F. Effinger gunner POW James H. Mathis gunner POW Stanley Pavlic gunner POW MACR 11047 |
| Cemeteries | NVT |
| Brief description of the crash | |
Extensive description of the crash (.pdf)  |
463-story.pdf  |
| Extra documentation | 463-Ed Barcikowski CoPilot.jpg 463-Engineer Sunney Hobgood.jpg 463-Radio Operator M. W, Taylor.jpg 463-Stan Pavlic.jpg 463-Tacoma Crew.jpg 463-William F. Effinger.jpg 463-Bill Effinger 2006.JPG 463-crashlocatie Ouddorp.JPG |
| Picture 1 |  |
| Picture 1 description | De B17 "Mr Tacoma" na de geslaagde noodlanding nabij Ouddorp. |
| Museum piece 1 |  |
| Museum piece 1 description | Beide speldjes ontvangen van Bill Effinger tijdens zijn bezoek in 2006 |
| Locatie on map |  |
| Picture 2 |  |
| Picture 2 description | William Francis Effinger in tenue USAAF. |
| Museum piece 2 |  |
| Museumstuk 2 description | Het MACR 11047 kan in zijn geheel in het museum geraadpleegd worden. |