Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Oct 4, 1943 (10 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on October 4, 1943 near Vlissingen Zeeland, Netherlands with 10 fatalities. Cause: German flak shot the aircraft...
- Date: October 4, 1943
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Vlissingen Zeeland, Netherlands
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: German flak shot the aircraft down.
A USAAF Boeing B 17 from RAF Polebrook on a bombing mission to Frankfurt was shot down by German flak over the Netherlands on 4 October 1943 and crashed in a field near Vlissingen. All ten crew were killed.