Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb EN918,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52168
 
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Date:Friday 5 February 1943
Time:12:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb
Owner/operator:4th FGp /335th FSqn USAAF
Registration: EN918
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Walcheren, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Debden/ AAF Sta.356
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by ships Flak near Walcheren.

Operation: Anti-shipping
Target area: Walcheren
Call Sign: WD-
Pilot: Capt. W.P. Kelly 0-885198 USAAF Margraten Walls of the Missing

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2047&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
10-May-2010 20:30 angels one five Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
01-Jan-2012 11:02 Nepa Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
09-Jan-2012 17:17 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
10-Jan-2012 02:20 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
16-Feb-2012 03:48 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
29-Apr-2015 10:53 angels one five Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
05-Feb-2018 18:33 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Nov-2019 08:41 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]
23-Mar-2020 18:38 DG333 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 16:35 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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