ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52460
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| Date: | Friday 20 November 1942 |
| Time: | 14:22 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 411 (City of York) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AD392 |
| MSN: | DB-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Petten, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire |
The aircraft was hit by the light Flak units 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 764 (o) and 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 845 (o).
Operation: Rhubarb – fighter or fighter-bomber sections, at times of low cloud and poor visibility, crossing the English Channel and then dropping below cloud level to search for opportunity targets such as railway locomotives and rolling stock, aircraft on the ground, enemy troops, and vehicles on roads.
Target: Petten
Takeoff time: 13:10
F/Lt. V.F. Patterson is missing in action and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1914&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 January 1945 | RK810 | 411 (Grizzly Bear) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Porikweg road, Haaksbergen, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 1 May 1945 | TA839 | 411 (Grizzly Bear) Sqn RCAF | 1 | - |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jan-2012 02:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2017 11:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2020 18:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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