ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 131521
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Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
Time: | 06:50 |
Type: | Westland Lysander |
Owner/operator: | 4 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L4814 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Leuven, Flemish Brabant -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Monchy-Lagache |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation: Observation
P/O Langley - unhurt
LAC James H. Gillham unhurt
Forced-landed badly damaged by Bf 110's during observation sortie near Louvain (Leuven).
Claimed by Fw. Karl-Heinz Bothfeld: 1 1./JG 27
Aircraft a write-off. LAC Gillham was killed on 21/05/1940.
Sources:
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/4_squadron.html Tony Wood Claimlist
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jun-2011 11:58 |
ThW |
Added |
18-Jun-2011 11:59 |
ThW |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Jun-2011 02:27 |
ThW |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
19-Jun-2013 10:25 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
30-Sep-2015 05:43 |
sandman56 |
Updated [Narrative] |
26-Jun-2022 05:40 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
07-Nov-2022 08:27 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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