Date: 1944 Apr 15/15 | A/C Type: P-47D Thunderbolt | SN: 42-76585 | Code: MX-F | A/C Nickname: | ||||||
File: 296 | Airforce: USAAF | Sqn/Unit: 78 FG - 82 FS | Mission/Raid: Escort bombers to Berlin | |||||||
1 | Pilot | 2Lt. William H. Genge POW | 9 | RWG | ||||||
2 | Co-pilot | 10 | TG | |||||||
3 | Nav. | 11 | ||||||||
4 | B | 12 | ||||||||
5 | E | 13 | ||||||||
6 | RO | 14 | ||||||||
7 | BTG | 15 | ||||||||
8 | LWG | 16 | ||||||||
Near Alkmaar northwest Holland engine froze. Down at village Tuitjenhorn on the Kalverdijk road. Pilot parachuted out. POW. The aircraft photo right is just a P-47 to show the type of aircraft, it is not this particular aircraft. |
. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9640
. Biography: http://p47pilots.com/P47-Pilots.cfm?c=incP47BiographyHome.cfm&vm=BIO&pilotid=180&p=William H. Genge
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