ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21965
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| Date: | Friday 26 July 1940 |
| Time: | 20:30 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 212 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P9392 |
| MSN: | 575 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberlethe near Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Northern Germany. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Heston, Middlesex |
P9392: Spitfire Ia (C/no.575) First Flown 6-3-40. Delivered to the RAF at 24 MU 9-3-40. Issued to 212 Squadron, 7-4-40 Missing on recce flight 19-6-40. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/956): "Spitfire P9392 failed to return from an operational flight, 19 June 1940. Pilot Officer J H Nicholson: report of death".
Took off 17:45 from RAF Heston, Middlesex. Operation: recce over Emden/Bremen. Failed to return, presumed shot down by flak/AAA. Pilot killed; Spitfire P9392 crashed 20:30 hrs at Oberlethe near Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Northern Germany.
Crew of Spitfire P9392:
Pilot Officer John Herbert Nicholson (Pilot, South African) RAF 41052, aged 26, buried at Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany
The reported crash site of Oberlethe is a suburb of Oldenburg in Lower Saxony at approximate Coordinates: 53°08′38″N 8°12′50″E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley Air Britain. 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/956: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502407
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2074995/nicholson,-john-herbert/
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p008.html
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=53909&styleid=14
6. https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/lw/seeflieger-verluste.htm (German text)
7. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/unit_unknown.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldenburg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 11:28 | Anon. | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 13:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2011 02:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2012 04:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 04-Nov-2012 21:21 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2012 23:17 | angels one five | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2014 11:38 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 02-Jun-2015 10:37 | Coumes | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2019 17:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2019 10:18 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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