ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52796
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| Date: | Friday 19 June 1942 |
| Time: | 11:22-24 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 331 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BL637 |
| MSN: | FN-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea SW of Walcheren, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
Takeoff at 10:15 hrs for a Roadstead operation – dive bombing and low level attacks on enemy ships at sea or in harbour - in the Oostende (Belgium) - Vlissingen (Zeeland) area.
The aircraft was bounced by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A of the 6./JG 1 based at Woensdrecht airfield.
Shot down at 11.22 hrs by Uffz. H. Brakebusch or at 11.24 hrs by Ofw. H. Ehlers.
The Norwegian pilot, Lt. K.T. Jacobson, is missing in action.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1604A
LW Claims by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 09:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2013 07:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 16:24 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2017 20:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:36 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 21:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2022 13:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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