ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161266
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| Date: | Monday 2 October 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 127 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PT772 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brecht, NE of Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Spitfire Mk.IX PT772, 127 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when Hit by flak attacking gun position & crash landed at Brecht, North East of Antwerp, Belgium. Pilot - Flight Lt Jack Whittington (Service Number 129509) - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 2003 page 77)
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2256189/whittington,-jack/
3. http://www.belgians-remember-them.eu/crew-ant-0nl1.php
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p093.html
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=281
6. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?s=500&q=calais
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2013 09:36 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Mar-2015 18:32 | Fort Knox | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 16-May-2019 01:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2019 09:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Sep-2019 14:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 25-Jun-2022 21:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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