P-47 42-28543

[Alain57]

Hello ,

Does someone knows the crashsite off the following lost ?

10/09/1944 - P-47D-27-RA - 42-28543
56FG/ 63FS - UN-V
Cpt Fling Roy T. (KIA) 0-724730 Texas
Tablet of missing Margraten
MACR 8688

[shooshoobaby]

Alain,
Correct Date Sept. 9 , 44
Crashed Near Etten.
Mike

[Alain57]

Thanks Mike

Alain

[Revi16]

I believe you ment 42-23543, 42-28543 was a P-38.

Edit: Kind of strange, I did a search on Footnote for 42-28543 and came up with MACR 6133 for a P-38J, 15th AF, 1st FG, 94th FS, June 15, 1944.
A search for 42-23543 pulls up your P-47.

I have copies of the MACR.

Regards,
Mike

[Alain57]

Thanks Mike

Alain

[Leendert]

Mike, Alain,

According Joe Baugher's serial website, then 42-28453 was a P-47D after all, while 42-23543 was a C-47A. Latter one served as FD859 in the RAF and was lost on 13 May 1944.

Nimh.nl gives North Sea as place of crash for Capt. Fling's P-47.

Regards,

Leendert

[Revi16]

I agree that it is a mistake, 42-28543,

Regards,
Mike

[rawiggs]

42-28543 was indeed a P-47D. It was assigned to Capt. Gordon S. Stevens of the 63rd Sqd. of the 56th FG coded UN-V (bar) & nicknamed "Pat". Capt. Fling did not have an assiged P-47, so after he was lost on 9-SEP-1944, Capt. Stevens was assigned another P-47D #44-19730. He was shot down and KIA in this plane on 18-SEP-1944. Go to this link to see more info on and photos of Capt. Stevens and his P-47Ds (scroll almost to the bottom of the page). http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=56

[Moonraker]

Thanks gentlemen.
Moonraker