1944 Zegveld Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash
United States Army Air Forces Boeing B-17F-65-DL Flying Fortress · Shot down by German fighter aircraft after bombing mission over Braunschweig
From Horham Airfield, England to over Braunschweig, Germany; back to Horham Airfield, England
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 8 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 2
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Boeing B-17F-65-DL Flying Fortress
- Aircraft type
- Boeing B-17
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- 42-3462
- Operator
- United States Army Air Forces
- Onboard fatalities
- 8
- Route
- From Horham Airfield, EnglandTo over Braunschweig, Germany; back to Horham Airfield, England
Approximate · Estimated position: Zegveld, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
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.
In Zegveld a memorial is placed near the crash location. In 2020 an exhibition about the crash has been held. Historian Jeroen van der Kamp spent seven years researching the incident and wrote a book about it and gave lectures about it.
Background
The B-17 San Antonio Rose was operated by the United States Army Air Forces and departed from Horham Airfield in England on the morning of 21 February 1944. The ten-man crew had trained together in Rapid City, South Dakota, and previously completed five successful missions over France and Germany.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1944 Zegveld Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash
- Revision
- 1325084728 · 2025-12-01 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q134836615
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1944 Zegveld Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash" (page 80065836, revision 1325084728)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.