ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48800
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| Date: | Friday 20 April 1945 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 66 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | TB836 |
| MSN: | LZ-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rijksstraatweg between Culemborg - Geldermalsen; Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.106 Twente |
Crew:
F/Lt F. Lewis (pilot). Frank, my father, baled out,landed in a tree and was picked up by Canadians. I believe he was dive bombing a bridge and was hit by anti aircraft fire. He didn't have time to turn the plane over because the canopy was stuck at first and he was losing altitude. Luckily, the tailplane missed him!
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5587&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 January 1940 | N3036 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 24 March 1942 | AB496 | 66 Sqn RAF | 1 | field Frythens Farm near St.Erth, Cornwall, England. | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 4 January 1945 | SM296 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 23 March 1945 | RK918 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.85 Schijndel Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 April 1945 | TB714 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | Knoevenoordstraat road, Hall, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 19 April 1945 | SM202 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.106 Twente Airfield, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Nov-2009 09:32 | NePa | Updated |
| 29-Sep-2014 16:09 | David Lewis | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2015 18:18 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2020 19:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 23-Jun-2022 04:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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