29-11-43 P-47D 42-8601 1Lt W.Beach

[Harrie]

Hello all,

On 29-11-43 1/Lt Warren Beach had to leave his P47-D because of engine-problems .He came down in local area knowned as Krakeelse dijk and became POW. My question is does anybody have clues where his P-47 came down ?.
There are no indications[policereport] on dutch soil.
So probably Germany ??

Thanks in advance

[udf_00]

Other sources list Hoogeveen, and Krakeel is an eastern district of Hoogeveen.

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Beach baled out so he came down not with his P-47 but would have been some distance from it. MACR 1451.
Alex

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

Seems he was escorting Bombers from or back to England according to the MACR.
Left AAF Station F 369 ?
Weather was not good so exact position of loss was not witnessed, East Holland/West Germany in report.
See map.

Alex

[Harrie]

Hello Alex, udf 00

Thanks both for replying, Krakeel is a Hamlet just outside Hoogeveen it is the place where Beach was landed and arrested. His wingman 2/lt Willliam Brown reported the area of Hoogeveen -Coevorden in Macr 1451 .The P-47 was lost without any trace and never found.
Almost a same case in the same area is on 6-3-44 for B24 Roll Call 42-100424 -
Both are mentioned in the SGLO list but still not known where planes came down .
probably on German soil.