ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49315
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 09:45 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 442 (Caribou) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MK420 |
| MSN: | Y2-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ysselsteyn, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.88 Heesch |
Damaged by fighter pilot Leutnant Hans Peter Wulff of the 8./JG 6, who was flying Fw 190 A-8 'blaue 4' from Quackenbrück airfield in Germany; crashed in a forced landing.
F/O (J/24901) Donald Andrew BRIGDEN (pilot) RCAF - killed
He was initially buried at Nistelrode, but now rests at the Groesbeek RCAF cemetery in Gelderland; grave 17 A 12.
The Fw 190 was shortly after hit by a British Tempest of 486 Squadron RNzAF piloted by Sq Ldr "Spike" Umbers and Wulff abandoned the aircraft.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4915&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Wulff
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 January 1945 | PL370 | 442 (Caribou) Sqn RCAF | 0 | 'De Hear' estate, Oldenzaal, Overijssel | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Nov-2009 23:26 | NePa | Updated |
| 14-Apr-2013 10:17 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2013 10:18 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 10-May-2013 17:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2013 09:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2019 09:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2019 09:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 13-Nov-2019 09:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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