ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268996
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| Date: | Friday 9 November 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | SM823 |
| MSN: | DN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.5 mile south of Utersen airfield -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.174 Utersen airfield |
Engine cut out after take off, aircraft immediately nosed down from 500 feet and dove into the ground killing the pilot.
Pilot was J/36577 F/O Alister Keith Price (RCAF)
Sources:
RCAF DND Archives - Personnel records
416 Sqdn (RCAF) diaries from RCAF historical microfilms
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2200785
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=SM823
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=36577&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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 |
| 12 October 1944 | ML138 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.82 Grave Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2021 20:37 | tachel | Added |
| 16-Oct-2021 20:46 | tachel | Updated [Departure airport, Photo] |
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