ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50182
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 September 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BR982 |
| MSN: | FY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex |
Op. Sweep, Rotterdam in the afternoon. hit by ground fire during strafing run near Utrecht and crash-landed.
Crew
F/Lt (125.584) John Bateman STORY (pilot) RAFVR - PoW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3979&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 3.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 October 1941 | W3227 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 1 | Berck, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jul-2016 19:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 17:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2019 16:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
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