ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48789
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 May 1945 |
| Time: | 08:55 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 411 (Grizzly Bear) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | TA839 |
| MSN: | DB-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | - -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
TA839 Spitfire LF Mk.IX. Delivered to RAF at 45MU 2-10-44. Issued to 411 Squadron 9-12-44. The aircraft failed to return from an armed recce operation to Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein.
F/O (J/92575) D. B. YOUNG (pilot) RCAF - killed / Nederweert cemetery in Limburg, the Netherlands
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5603&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p105.htm
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 November 1942 | AD392 | 411 (City of York) Sqn RCAF | 1 | North Sea near Petten, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 4 January 1945 | RK810 | 411 (Grizzly Bear) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Porikweg road, Haaksbergen, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Nov-2009 09:32 | NePa | Updated |
| 05-May-2012 13:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2013 14:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2013 08:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Apr-2020 20:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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