ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229745
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| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1944 |
| Time: | 15:38 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | ML138 |
| MSN: | DN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.82 Grave Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.82 Grave (NL) |
In the autumn of 1944, the Advanced Landing Ground of B.82 Grave was subjected to several attacks by Me 262 A-2a 'Sturmvogel' jet aircraft of the I./Kampfgeschwader 51.
On eight days in total, the airfield was targeted, on which the Messerschmitts dropped anti-personnel bombs. Thirteen deaths were the result, with more than eighty wounded. On the 12th of October, a Spitfire was damaged beyond repair by a bomb.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4516A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 November 1943 | BL430 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Vondellaan, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 25 November 1943 | AB284 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | near Bath, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 25 September 1944 | MJ412 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Terlet, near Arnhem, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 26 September 1944 | ML318 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Pellendijk road, Terborg, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 29 September 1944 | MJ874 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Botsestraat, Kekerdom, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 9 November 1945 | SM823 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 1.5 mile south of Utersen airfield |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2019 15:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Feb-2020 16:08 | Xindel XL | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 03:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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