Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX BS400,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52321
 
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Date:Tuesday 22 June 1943
Time:10:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
Owner/operator:453 Sqn RAAF
Registration: BS400
MSN: FU-X
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Brouwershaven, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hornchurch, Essex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by a Fw 190A of the JG 26.

Operation: Ramrod - bomber raid escorted by fighters aimed at destruction of a specific target in daylight
Pilot F/O. E.N.W. Gray 408989 RAAF Survived POW

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2508&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
15-Jun-2018 19:47 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Aug-2018 07:00 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
06-Oct-2018 05:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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