What the records say
- When
- 1944
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 52.12° N, 4.84° E
- Description
- 1944 crash of an American B-17 bomber in Zegveld, Netherlands
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the town its description names, Zegveld.
1944 Zegveld Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash
1944 crash of an American B-17 bomber in Zegveld, Netherlands
The 1944 Zegveld Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash was a crash of the American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber San Antonio Rose near the village of Zegveld, Netherlands, on 21 February 1944, during World War II. The aircraft was returning from a bombing mission over Braunschweig, Germany, when it was attacked by German fighters and crashed in a field. Eight crew members died, and two survived as prisoners of war.
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