Accident Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI PL841,
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Date:Thursday 7 June 1945
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI
Owner/operator:681 Sqn RAF
Registration: PL841
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing, Bay of Bengal -   Indian Ocean
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Alipore, India
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Failed to return from PR mission to Moulmein, Burma.
Pilot:
F/Lt (55003) Thomas WOODHOUSE RAF, missing, presumed killed.
R.I.P.

Thomas Woodhouse is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.scribd.com/doc/156944140/Eyes-for-the-Phoenix
Spitfire production list

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Sep-2013 08:01 JINX Added
08-Jan-2014 05:40 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2015 09:54 Jixn Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
31-Jul-2021 20:57 angels one five Updated [Time, Narrative]
04-Jun-2022 05:33 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Damage]

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