ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50191
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| Date: | Sunday 3 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 312 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML296 |
| MSN: | DU-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rietsedijk, Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
The aircraft was hit by light Flak whilst strafing a Dornier Do 217M bomber at Gilze-Rijen airfield.
The Czechoslovak pilot, F/Lt. O.R. Smik, performed an emergency-landing.
He evaded capture, returned to service and was killed in action on the 28th of November 1944, whilst flying Spitfire RR227.
The Spitfire was flying fighter escort for the RAF operation against Soesterberg airfield (province of Utrecht).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3967&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Aug-2018 07:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2019 08:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2019 09:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2019 11:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Jul-2019 19:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Operator] |
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