ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49900
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| Date: | Monday 25 September 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 441 (Silver Fox) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | ML360 |
| MSN: | 9G- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beekseweg road, Babberich, 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 shot down by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A of Jagdgeschwader 26.
The RCAF pilot, F/Lt. B. Boe, did not survive and is buried at the Mook War Cemetery; grave 3 C 10.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4354&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 September 1944 | NH405 | 441 (Silver Fox) Sqn RCAF | 0 | mouth of the Schelde, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 26 September 1944 | NH176 | 441 (Silver Fox) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Images:
Spitfire crash 25-9-1944 Babberich
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Sep-2019 18:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2019 17:23 | tachel | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities] |
| 13-Oct-2020 08:16 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
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