ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51220
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| Date: | Thursday 25 November 1943 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AM124 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 15 km off Den Haag, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gatwick, Surrey |
Mustang Mk1 AM124 430 Squadron, piloted by Flying Officer B. Emmerson, RCAF, MIA, exact crash location unknown, but reported to have been shot down and crashed during air-to-air combat, 15 km out to sea, over the North Sea, off the coast of the Netherlands. Reportedly, body of Flying Officer Emmerson washed ashore at Helvoet.
The SGLO crash database gives engine trouble as cause of the crash.
The aircraft was on a photo recce operation to Den Haag.
German records list only one victory that day against a P-51 Mustang; Oblt. Ernst-Heinz Löhr: 37 1./JG 3 P-51 claimed to have shot down such an aircraft.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3113&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/personal-stories/a-forgotten-crash
http://www.airwar39-45.nl/media/Downloads/SGLO_Verlieslijst_T_1943_versie_02_28-09-2010.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Sep-2011 14:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2011 23:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-May-2015 18:59 | DB | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2018 10:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 22-Nov-2018 08:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2018 15:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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