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Roger Freeman Photo.
Crash Landing - 2 miles West of RAF North Pickenham, Norfolk, 6-Nov-44 returning from a night mission to Cologne - 1st Lt Otto E Kaellner (pilot) KIA, Edwin R Cerutti (observer) - WIA. Struck Off Charge 30-Dec-44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801992
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Manufactured |
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK | 24 March 1944 | Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-3-1944 and 31-12-1944. |
Crashed |
North Pickenham, Swaffham, Norfolk PE37, UK | 6 November 1944 | Crash Landing - 2m W of RAF North Pickenham, Norfolk, 6-Nov-44 returning from a night mission to Cologne - 1st Lt Otto E Kaellner (pilot) KIA, Edwin R Cerutti (obs) - WIA. |
Other Written Off DBR |
6 November 1944 | Written Off Damaged Beyond Repair. | |
Other Struck Off Charge |
30 December 1945 | Struck Off Charge 30-Dec-44 |
Revisions
Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publisher Ltd. 2011.
Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com