Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Oct 10, 1943 (1 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on October 10, 1943 near Buurse Overijssel, Netherlands with 1 fatality. Cause: Flak and then an attack by a...
- Date: October 10, 1943
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Buurse Overijssel, Netherlands
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Flak and then an attack by a German fighter.
A USAAF Boeing B 17 on a bombing mission to Muenster was hit by flak over the Netherlands and then shot down by a German fighter on 10 October 1943. It made an emergency landing in a field at Buurse, where one crew member was killed and eight were taken prisoner.