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Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
Time: | 15:55 |
Type: | Lockheed P-38 Lightning |
Owner/operator: | 1st FGp USAAF |
Registration: | ES-J |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2km SE Medjez el Bab -
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by German Luftwaffe fighter ace Anton "Toni" Hafner.
1st Lt Norman L. Widen of 94th Fighter Squadron was captured; his capture was photographed and appeared in German Propaganda Magazine "Signal", Note US accounts give Widen capture as that of 18 December 1942. Plane was barrowed from 48th FS,14th FG
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/hafner.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Hafner#CITEREF"Life_magazine"
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=27986 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&id=71ABEFD044C6A8417E340BB7EFB042D03714C4C6&thid=OIP.JQZMvu0RY4Dun5IRbsxuhAHaFE&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fww2gravestone.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fuploads%2FHafner%2520(L)%2520%2526%2520Norman%2520Widen%2520(C)%2520in%2520Tunisia2.jpeg%3F79132e%2679132e&exph=274&expw=400&q=norman+widen+captured+december+1942&selectedindex=0&ajaxhist=0&vt=0&eim=0,1,2,6
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Sep-2019 07:00 |
Nomann |
Updated [Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
19-Dec-2019 20:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
25-Jan-2021 21:10 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |