ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140895
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| Date: | Friday 10 April 1942 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | AB307 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hammervatnet Nord-Trøndelag -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wick, Scotland |
This unarmed photo recce Spitfire took off from Wick, Scotland at 06:00 F/O Peter Geoffrey Charles Gimson was on a reconnaissance sortie on Tirpitz when he was attacked by two Messerschmitts of JG 5. He was shot down by Oblt Herbert Huppertz at 19:45hrs. Gimson bailed out, but his parachute failed to open properly and he lost his life. Tragically this was Gimsons first sortie over the Trondheim area.
F/O (60764) Peter Geoffrey Charles GIMSON (pilot) - killed
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://tihlde.org/~ktsorens/flyvrak/hammervatnet.html
cwgc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2011 01:07 | Nepa | Added |
| 07-Nov-2014 07:17 | Anthony COX | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2015 17:24 | Jixn | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2022 05:19 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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