ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136952
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| Date: | Monday 13 May 1940 |
| Time: | 06:45 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 66 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3027 |
| MSN: | 316 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aalter (presumably), East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Duxford Cambridgeshire |
The aircraft was severely damaged in an encounter with Bf 109E aircraft of the 5./JG 26 and was emergency-landed. Flying Officer George A. Brown evaded capture.
The German probably responsible for the demise was Leutnant Eckardt Roch of the 5. Staffel, for his first victory claim.
Sources:
Tony Wood Claimlist
Spitfire Production List.
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/spitfire-n3027-te-aalter
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N3027
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2011 00:36 | ThW | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 15:20 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2012 17:42 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 19:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 19:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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