ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49897
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| Date: | Monday 25 September 1944 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NH322 |
| MSN: | VZ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km northeast of Elsendorp, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.68 Le Culot/Beauvechain (B) |
Takeoff at 15:20 hrs for a patrol in the Nijmegen area.
The aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter and crashed.
The RAF pilot, F/O. H.W. McLeod, survived and evaded capture; he returned on the 27th of September.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4350&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 July 1944 | MK199 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 20 Miles SE of Caen |  |
w/o |
| 2 August 1944 | MJ304 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 0 | 20 miles west of Alencon, near Les Chapelles | |
sub |
| 1 October 1944 | ML351 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | along the Osseweg road, Heesch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | PV245 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Lippramsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia |  |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | PL204 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Lippramsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
w/o |
| 22 February 1945 | PL252 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Hooge Wijst, Heesch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Sep-2019 18:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2020 18:49 | Dr.Roup | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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