Accident North American P-51 Mustang Mk I AG464,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52015
 
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Date:Monday 19 April 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P51 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American P-51 Mustang Mk I
Owner/operator:2 Sqn RAF
Registration: AG464
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea near Vlieland, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by light Flak unit 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 845 (o). The aircraft was on an anti-shipping operation with the target area being the coastal area of the Netherlands.

Call Sign: XV-
Pilot: F/O. P.M. Gordon-Crosby 126594 RAF Runnymede Memorial 124

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2204&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.pdfio.com/k-637168.html
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/2_wwII.html
http://www.airwar39-45.nl/media/Downloads/SGLO_Verlieslijst_T_1943_versie_02_28-09-2010.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
08-Sep-2011 05:22 angels one five Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Narrative]
25-Sep-2011 14:21 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Sep-2011 14:22 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]
12-Nov-2011 23:24 Nepa Updated [Operator]
08-Feb-2013 04:05 Vitesse Updated [[Operator]]
21-Aug-2017 15:44 Anon. Updated [Operator]
21-Nov-2017 17:10 paddy Updated [Narrative]
18-Apr-2018 06:51 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
03-Oct-2018 06:47 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 04:58 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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