Accident North American P-51 Mustang Mk I AP164,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52444
 
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Date:Sunday 29 November 1942
Time:11:40
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: AP164
MSN: XV-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea near Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Sawbridgeworth
Destination airport:
Narrative:
T/o at 10:49 hrs. for Op. Recce. Target: Coast of Holland. Crashed around 11:40 hrs approx 30 km west of Schouwen; flew into the North Sea (hit water while flying low).
Pilot:
F/O (NZ414260) Godfrey Melville Cunningham RNZAF - killed.
R.I.P.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1923&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html
http://www.dolorescrossproject.org/cemetery/1552/runnymede-memorial
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/22729.detail

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 December 1942 AM256 2 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea 6 km NW of Scheveningen, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
02-Oct-2011 14:39 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
12-Nov-2011 05:49 Nepa Updated [Operator]
21-Aug-2017 15:44 Anon. Updated [Operator, Narrative]
29-Nov-2017 17:51 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Dec-2017 09:23 paddy Updated [Operator]
13-Feb-2018 14:02 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative]
04-Nov-2020 11:26 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase]
05-Dec-2023 03:56 angels one five Updated [Narrative]

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