ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49830
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| Date: | Friday 29 September 1944 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MJ874 |
| MSN: | DN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Botsestraat, Kekerdom, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.68 Le Culot/Beauvechain (B) |
Takeoff at 14:20 hrs for a patrol in the Nijmegen (Gelderland) area.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed. The 24-year-old RCAF pilot, P/O. R.E. Chambers, did not survive and is buried at the Groesbeek RCAF cemetery; grave 24 D 14.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4431&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084237/chambers,-richard-eric/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 November 1943 | BL430 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Vondellaan, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 25 November 1943 | AB284 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | near Bath, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 25 September 1944 | MJ412 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Terlet, near Arnhem, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 26 September 1944 | ML318 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Pellendijk road, Terborg, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 12 October 1944 | ML138 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.82 Grave Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 9 November 1945 | SM823 | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 1.5 mile south of Utersen airfield |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Sep-2019 07:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 16:07 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 06:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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