Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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29 Nov 43 | Escort flight | Bremen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Lockheed | P-38 Lightning | H | 42-67097 | CY- | 55FG/343FS | USAAF | Nuthampstead |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1400 | Shot down in combat with German fighters | Crashed at Koekange near the railway Hoogeveen-Meppel Municipalty De Wijk | Drenthe |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 2/Lt. | J.W. | Gilbride | O-740168 | USAAF | KIA | USA | initially buried Margraten. Reburied Camp Butler Nat. Cem. Illinois |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | Casualty Report by Jan Hey based on MACR 1272; AB 218/16-17, 329/12-13 |
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