ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49292
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV |
| Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RM803 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen (takeoff at 13:52 hrs) |
| Tactical Recce |
On return to Gilze-Reijen at 3pm,bounced on landing, stalled crashed upside down and killed.
Pilot killed. He was one of four brothers, all of whom died in RAF war service.
Crew:
F/Lt (49602) Patrick James GARLAND (pilot) RAF - killed.
Patrick Garland is buried in Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list.
CWGC
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft PA100 - RZ999, published 1992
RAF Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 3.
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4899&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Nov-2009 23:26 | NePa | Updated |
| 22-Nov-2011 03:52 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2013 10:58 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2013 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 12-Dec-2014 21:56 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2015 08:06 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2017 16:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2019 09:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 13-Nov-2019 18:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 10:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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