P 51D-5-NA 44-13991 - The North Sea off
Blåvand
Updated:
07 AUG 2021
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
o888580.htm | Doering | E W | 2ndLt | USAAF | 77 | p360.htm | P51 44-13991 | Attack DK | Sea off Blåvand | d270844 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
"Den
27. august 1944 udsendtes 1200 amerikanske bombefly mod
Berlin, men på grund af
ugunstige vejrforhold over Nordtyskland angreb en del af de udsendte 1 flyver. On 27 August 1944 at 15.20 hours P51 44-13991 crashed into the North Sea maybe about here. It had been hit by flak. See details at the pilot. (Source: MACR)
"On 27 August 1944 1200 American bombers were to target
Berlin, but due to unfavourable weather conditions over North
Germany some of the dispatched "No enemy aircraft were seen and friendly fighter
support was excellent." (Mission
Report No. 233 from 303rd Bomb Group Heavy)
See P-51 Mustang - Photos. This P-51 belonged to the 77th Fighter Squadron, 20 FG, 67 FW, 1 BD, 8 AF of the USAAF. It took off from RAF Kings Cliffe. 1 airman. |