ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49462
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 1944 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIV |
| Owner/operator: | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | RM818 |
| MSN: | G9-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 8 miles SE of B.78 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven |
Operation - Tactical Recce over Monchen-Gladbach area. Aircraft damaged by intense flak over Venlo causing a coolant leak.
The pilot, J/22993 F/L J.N. McLeod (RCAF), turned towards home base, but before long the problems got worse. He attempted to abandon the aircraft but was unsuccessful. His wingman, F/L Gildner, reported he heard him saying he was abandoning his aircraft over the RT but never managed to do so. Gildner reported seeing the aircraft trailing heavy black smoke, that propeller was windmilling and that it inverted into a dive and crashed killing McLeod.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4875&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
430 Sqdn RCAF war diaries and records from RCAF historical microfilms
F/L mcLeod's personnel records from DND Archives Canada
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RM818
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=22993&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Mar-2015 08:20 | Jixn | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 18:24 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2021 19:40 | tachel | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2022 22:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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