ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49669
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 November 1944 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 414 (City of Sarnia) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MJ553 |
| MSN: | -G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nederweert, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven airfield (NL) |
While engaged in a photo recce operation, the aircraft was hit by intense light flak. Pilot abandoned aircraft near Roermond, he landed unhurt and returned to his unit.
Pilot - C1066 Flight Lieutenant Joseph Paul Marcel Alphonse Brunelle DFC (RCAF)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4658&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=brunelle&qand=1066&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=c1066&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=brunelle&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
414 (RCAF) Sqn war time records from RCAF historical microfilms and Archives Canada
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 18:16 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Oct-2019 19:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2020 19:27 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 18-Nov-2023 19:00 | tachel | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2023 19:01 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
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