Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Jan 11, 1944 (9 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on January 11, 1944 near Apeldoorn Gelderland, Netherlands with 9 fatalities. Cause: Sources differ on the cause,...
- Date: January 11, 1944
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Apeldoorn Gelderland, Netherlands
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Sources differ on the cause, with accounts of a mid air collision with another B 17 and of attack by enemy fighters.
A USAAF Boeing B 17G (42-31451) of the 306th Bomb Group was lost near Epe in Gelderland on 11 January 1944 during a mission over Germany. Nine crew were killed, and one crew member bailed out, was taken prisoner and survived.