ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49898
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| Date: | Monday 25 September 1944 |
| Time: | 15:10 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 441 (Silver Fox) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NH151 |
| MSN: | 9G-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Groesbeekseweg, Malden, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
Takeoff at 14:35 hrs for a patrol in support of operation Market Garden.
Over Gelderland, the aircraft was hit by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A fighter of Jagdgeschwader 26.
The RCAF pilot, Pilot Officer O. McMillan, attempted a forced landing and was killed when the aircraft hit a gully. He is buried at Mook War Cemetery; grave 2 A 6.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4355&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://oorlogsbronnen.nl/zoekresultaat?n_o_m=pager&month=9&year=1944&day=25&type=IMAGE&list=0&pageSize=16&page=1&view=record
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Apr-2014 16:53 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2019 18:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2019 21:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2019 17:22 | tachel | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities] |
| 14-Jun-2022 12:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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