ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186255
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 April 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 145 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EN459 |
| MSN: | 3894/ZX-I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gabes -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft was damaged when, after shooting down a Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was attacked by another Bf 109 and hit in the engine.
The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Eugeniusz Horbaczewski, was able to glide in to Gabes for a forced landing.
Spitfire EN459 (ZX-I) was repaired and returned to service.
On 10 Sept.1943 it went missing on a flight between Salerno and Falcone in northeast Sicily.
Sources:
http://www.argunners.com/21-photographs-of-wwii-plane-wrecks-crashes/
Spitfire production list
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2016 11:04 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Jan-2021 10:59 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2021 17:28 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2023 20:33 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Cn, Narrative] |
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