ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51603
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| Date: | Monday 19 July 1943 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 118 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EN966 |
| MSN: | NK- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee E of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Hit by ships Flak off Texel island. The Spitfire was on an Anti-shipping operation to the Frisians.
Pilot:
Pilot F/O. F.T. Brown DFC 121082 RAF Germany 3 F 5 Washed up Nordeney, buried Sage War Cem.
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2683&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 June 1943 | W3901 | 118 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea 11 km NW of Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 21 June 1943 | AR325 | 118 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea off the N end of Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jul-2018 09:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2018 06:59 | Next | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2018 05:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 06:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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