ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51433
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| Date: | Monday 23 August 1943 |
| Time: | 10:41 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P8545 |
| MSN: | FY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km W of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall |
Shot down by Flak. The Spitfire was on an anti-shipping operation.
Takeoff time: 08:55
Pilot: P/O. J.H. Gielstrup 151006 RAF Runnymede Memorial 124 Pilot was from Denmark
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2847&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.luftwaffe.no/Table2.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1942 | BM301 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Eastbourne, East Sussex, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 July 1943 | AR610 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 15 km west of Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 6 August 1943 | AR336 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 7,5 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 16 September 1944 | MH363 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 1 | Sluisweg road, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 29 October 1944 | PL953 | 4 Sqn RAF | 0 | 6 km SW of Tiel, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Nov-2016 18:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2018 07:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2018 05:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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