ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49489
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| Date: | Monday 25 December 1944 |
| Time: | 09:15 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 66 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | SM211 |
| MSN: | LZ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | in a field opposite the Parallelweg road at De Steeg, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.79 Woensdrecht |
Took-off from B79, (Woensdrecht) in the Netherlands for an armed recce operation to Rheine (Germany), at 08:30 hrs.
3 Aircraft taking part in the staffing attack, on an ammunition train between De Steeg and Dieran. Two peeled away whilst P/O. McLeod returned for a second pass - he was hit by the anti-aircraft fire seconds before the train blew up. He crashed in a field at 09:15 hrs next to the main street in De Steeg.
23-year-old Pilot Officer Ian Douglas McLeod did not survive and rests at Rheden (Heiderust) general cemetery; grave 9.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
http://aircrewremembered.com/mcleod-ian.html
Errol W. Martyn ' For Your Tomorrow
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4846&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2019 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1943 | BL436 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | along the Roosjesweg, Domburg, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 29 October 1944 | PT762 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 3 November 1944 | PV353 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Klundert, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 November 1944 | PT930 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | Klundert, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 6 February 1945 | SM236 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | 16 km NE of Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 6 February 1945 | SM210 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | Noordlaren - Onnen, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 18 March 1945 | RK913 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Otterlo, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 1 April 1945 | TB884 | 66 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Biljoen estate, Velp, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Images:
For research article on page of remembrance
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Mar-2015 06:36 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 06:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 06:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 06:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Oct-2019 06:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
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