ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50593
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| Date: | Monday 10 April 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 122 (Bombay) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FZ108 |
| MSN: | MT- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea W of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
Ex-USAAF 43-6408 P-51C, to RAF as Mustang III FZ108. Crashed into the North Sea after being hit by ships Flak. The pilot, P/O. P.K. Heller, bailed out before the crash but is missing in action. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
The Mustang was on a Ranger operation to Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Ranger - usually a deep penetration flight to a specified area, to engage targets of opportunity
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3580&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html
http://www.defensie.nl/media/verliesregister_1944_tcm46-154755.pdf
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1944/1944%20-%201558.html
http://www.associations.rafinfo.org.uk/code_names.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 September 1944 | FB372 | 122 (Bombay) Sqn RAF | 1 | Kerkallee 56-58, Velp, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 3 January 1945 | HB828 | 122 (Bombay) Sqn RAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Oct-2011 22:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2012 05:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2019 06:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2019 06:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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