ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160263
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PL155 |
| MSN: | LO-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near headland of Selsey Bill -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.19 Lingevres |
Sqdn Ldr L Le Roux CO 602 Squadron set out on leave from B.19 Lingevres in Normandy to England; returned due to bad weather. Set off again in the evening; failed to arrive at his destination. Non-op loss. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 200.
Crew
Sqdn Ldr J Le Roux DFC** (Missing)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 3.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Jacobus_Le_Roux
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 September 1941 | W3642 | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel |  |
mis |
| 11 April 1945 | SM234 | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF | 0 | B.106 Twente Airfield, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2013 03:35 | JINX | Added |
| 14-Nov-2013 07:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2016 21:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 17:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
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