ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50011
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Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1944 |
Time: | 10:00 LT |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI |
Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PA893 |
MSN: | -L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Woeziksestraat, Wijchen, Nijmegen, Gelderland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Northolt |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 07:20 hrs for a photo recce operation to Arnhem, Gelderland.
The aircraft was shot down by a fighter. The pilot, F/O. J.R. Brodby, did not survive and is buried at Jonkerbos cemetery, Nijmegen. Crash location given as: 200 metre achter de boerdirij van de Fam Janssent.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4204&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Sep-2019 07:17 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
20-Mar-2022 06:49 |
Tupie65 |
Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
24-Jun-2022 21:16 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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