Incident Overview
Date: Monday 18 September 1944
Aircraft Type: Potez-CAMS 161
Owner/operator: Luftwaffe
Registration Number: 16+11
Location: Rgen –
ÿ Germany
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: The flying boat.The flying boat.
A flying boat was destroyed by a squadron of three P-51 Mustangs during a hostile attack in the Baltic Sea.A flying boat was destroyed by a squadron of three P-51 Mustangs during a hostile attack in the Baltic Sea.
Description
The flying boat was moored at Rgen Seaplane Base at the Baltic Sea when it was destroyed in an attack by a group of three P-51 Mustangs of the USAAF 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, led by First Lieutenant Urban L. ‘Ben’ Drew, flying the ‘Detroit Miss’, a P-51D with s/n 44-14164.
Source of Information
http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/potez.pdfhttp://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/potez.pdfPrimary Cause
A hostile attack by a squadron of three P-51 Mustangs.A hostile attack by a squadron of three P-51 Mustangs.Share on:
