The story
At the date of 10-02-1944, time: 1125, the aircraft type P-47 has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Vaassen. The unit of crew and plane is: 362FG/378FS. First flyer rank: 2nd Lieutenant, name: W.F. Hall. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Thunderbolt P-47D-11 - #42-75442 G?-N
Point of departure: Wormingford; Course: Wormingford to Egmond to Lingen; Type of mission: Bomber escort
KUJ 527 - crash 200 m South of Church, Vaassen (Community Epe)
Markings: G ? * N (White)
Engine : Destroyed by crash and fire
Salvage: 14 Feb 1944 by Fa. Coupier, Utrecht (Contractor for Zerlegebetrieb Utrecht)
O-745368 - 2nd Lt. William Flavius Hall - Los Angeles, California - KIA
Interred on 12 Feb 1944 at General Cemetery in Vaassen - Grave No. 696, Class II, Row 33
disinterred after liberation and brought to Margraten, NL - final resting place USA
First combat casualty of the 378th
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