ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50167
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| Date: | Saturday 9 September 1944 |
| Time: | 13:36 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang IIIB |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FB148 |
| MSN: | QV- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Zutphen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Grimbergen (B60) Belgium |
On 9 September 1944 a number of 19 squadron mustangs took off at 12.45 from Grimbergen to fly an armed reconnaissance mission in the Arnhem-Zwolle-Lingen area.
19 Squadron P-51 Mustang IIIB FB148 was hit by light flak from the railway bridge at Zutphen and crashed on the east shore of the River IJssel, about 300 meters from the Flakunit at 13.36 hrs.
Pilot W/O W.G. ABBOTT - NZ424401 - was killed and lies buried at Algemene begraafplaats Zutphen (General Cemetery Zutphen). It was his 14th mission with 19 Squadron.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3990&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=10775
http://basher82.nl/Data/Zutphen/abbott.htm
report leichte Flak-Abteilung 667
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 March 1944 | FZ188 | 19 Sqn RAF | 1 | Sint John of News Huyse, Korte Zuidweg, Borssele, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2011 12:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2011 23:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-May-2012 01:10 | Emelha | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2019 17:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2021 20:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source] |
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