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Diverted American aircraft February 15th 1945
Hi all,
Nothing needle in a hay-stack request. Looking to identify a B17 based at Polebrook with a pilot 2nd Lt Drought (sic) that diverted to RAF Chedburgh on 15th February. Aircraft, group, pilot ID ? They landed at 17:15 hours. On the same day 5 C47 landed, from Snetterton Heath, three becoming bogged down. Any ideas ? TIA Steve
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Re: Diverted American aircraft February 15th 1945
There was a Lt Donald B Drought in the 351st BG, 508th BS (based at Polebrook). On February 15 he flew plane 43-38694 on a mission to Dresden.
Nothing on this page about diverting, but they may not have all the mission details listed. It looks like they only record missing/lost aircraft. There may be something else on their website, it is quite extensive. http://www.351st.org/ken.harbour/missdetail11.HTML |
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Re: Diverted American aircraft February 15th 1945
Hello Steve ,
From "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Looks like there was very bad weather on that day. 1st Air Division targets were - Dresden - 224 a/c - 210 effective Lingen - 1 a/c effective Ems-Weser-Canal - 1 a/c effective. 4 a/c CatE 8 Damaged 7 Kia 8 Wia. 43-38694 - 351 511 - DS-C - Bigas Bird 510 - TU-D Was later returned to King man in Dec 45. So expect the C-47's were also effected by the weather. |
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