ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265415
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 September 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | R7043 |
| MSN: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Benson |
Spitfire PR Mk IV R7043 was being operated by No.1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit when it failed to return from a photo-recce mission to Kiel and Hamburg.
The body of the pilot was found washed up near Wilhelmshaven.
Pilot:
F/O (41080) James Frederick SWIFT DFC RAF ( from Invercargill, New Zealand ) is interred at Sage War Cemetery, Germany.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
RAF Web Casualties 1941
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2021 06:14 | angels one five | Added |
| 14-Jul-2021 06:27 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2021 08:17 | Coufal | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Jul-2021 09:09 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2021 22:23 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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