Date: 1943 Oct 08/08 | A/C Type: P-47 C Thunderbolt | SN: 41-6268 | Code: UN-P | A/C Nickname: | ||||||
File: 98 | Airforce: USAAF | Sqn/Unit: 56 FG - 63 FS | Mission/Raid: Ramrod Bremen | |||||||
1 | Pilot | 2Lt. Dover C. Fleming Jr. MIA | 9 | |||||||
2 | 10 | |||||||||
3 | 11 | |||||||||
4 | 12 | |||||||||
5 | 13 | |||||||||
6 | 14 | |||||||||
7 | 15 | |||||||||
8 | 16 | |||||||||
East/Northeast of Amsterdam, probably in Lake IJsselmeer (Old Zuyder Sea). Never found or recovered, pilot is missing since. The photo on the right is not Lt. Fleming's P-47, it is only an example of a P-47C. |
No unknown Allied airman was buried in Amsterdam in the days/weeks/months after this crash.
Sources/read more:
- http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-margraten-f/47027-fleming-dover-c-jr
- MACR
- ABMC
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