Date: 28-May-2022
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CrashID | 540 |
Date | 29-Jun-1944 |
Time | 12:10 |
Location | Nieuw Namen |
Airplane | Consolidated Aircraft |
Type / model | B-24H-20-DT Liberator |
Serial number | 42-51095 |
Registration number | Z5-Q "Shoo Shoo Baby" |
Group | 458th BG USAAF |
Squadron | 754th BS USAAF |
Base | Station 123 in UK Horsham St. Faith UK |
Mission | Missie 447 van de 8th USAAF. 1.150 Bommenwerpers met 779 jagers als escorte met doelen in Nederland en Duitsland. |
Target | Missie #82 van de 458th BG: Aschersleben (D)Junkers assemblage fabriek bombarderen. |
Crew | 2/Lt Charles B. Armour O-691456 EVD 2/LT Donald E. Blodgett O-701868 EVD 2/Lt John O Fullerton O-712547 EVD Lt J. Erdman POW S/Sgt J. Brill POW S/Sgt C. G. Rawls WIA/POW S/Sgt F. Piechoto EVD S/Sgt B. J. Davis WIA/POW S/Sgt W. F. Owens Jr. POW S/Sgt E. S. Allen POW MACR 7092 |
Cemeteries | NVT Voor burgers; Zie foto's bidprentjes. |
Brief description of the crash | After a bomb mission to Aschersleben the abandoned a/c crashed into a farm, killing 3 people. The crew all survived the war. |
Extensive description of the crash (.pdf) ![]() |
540-story.PDF ![]() |
Museum piece 1 | ![]() |
Museum piece 1 description | Het MACR 7092 kan in zijn geheel in het museum geraadpleegd worden. |
Locatie on map | ![]() |
Museum piece 2 | ![]() |