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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49318
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:83 Gp CS RAF
Registration: MK240
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Destroyed during German air raid while parked ("Unternehmen Bodenplatte"). The Luftwaffe fighters belonged to Jagdgeschwader 3.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4901&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
14-Apr-2013 10:20 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
02-May-2013 19:01 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
13-Nov-2019 10:43 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2022 04:52 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
16-Jun-2022 04:58 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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