Incident Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX JK795,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50035
 
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Date:Tuesday 19 September 1944
Time:17:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF
Registration: JK795
MSN: YO-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gerwen, Nuenen, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Brussels-Evere (B.56), Belgium
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Pilot experienced fuel feed problems causing the engine to stop. Pilot abandonned the aircraft which crashed and was destroyed. Pilot, C/1677 S/L Hugh Charles Trainor (RCAF) was captured.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4159&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=401
RCAF web site

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 October 1941 AB983 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 French coast near Dunkirk w/o
27 October 1941 W3601 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Martin Hill, near Deal, Kent w/o
28 April 1942 AB917 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Whitfield Kent w/o
3 August 1943 BL339 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Underhill farm, Surrey w/o
20 December 1943 EN629 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 near Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant w/o
21 June 1944 NH207 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 1 mile west of advanced airfield B6, Coulombs, Calvados w/o
28 June 1944 MJ246 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Near Briouze, Normandy w/o
2 October 1944 MJ726 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Oosterheide heath along the Rechtestraat, Odiliapeel, Noord-Brabant w/o
2 October 1944 MJ300 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 B.82 Grave Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
20 October 1944 MK676 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
20 November 1944 MJ604 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
8 December 1944 MJ245 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 B.88 Heesch Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
22 February 1945 MJ851 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 7 km N of Hengelo, Overijssel w/o
1 March 1945 MJ448 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
09-Mar-2018 07:31 tachel Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
09-Sep-2019 15:29 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source]

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