ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50073
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Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
Time: | 14:30 LT |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
Owner/operator: | 303 (Warsaw-Kosciusco) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | MH320 |
MSN: | RF-N |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | an orchard near Krabbendijke, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft was hit by light Flak of the 4./leichte Flak-Abteilung 716 (v) near Roosendaal.
The Spitfire was flying fighter escort for a Market Garden operation to Arnhem, Gelderland.
The Polish pilot, F/Sgt. S. Dworski, is buried at Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4100&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 |
06-Nov-2017 18:17 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
07-Sep-2019 10:33 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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