ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52797
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| Date: | Friday 19 June 1942 |
| Time: | 11:35 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 331 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AR298 |
| MSN: | FN-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde estuary off Walcheren, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald |
Operation - Roadstead (dive bombing and low level attacks on enemy ships at sea or in harbour) in the Oostende (Belgium) - Vlissingen (Zeeland) area.
The aircraft was critically damaged by fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Hans Ehlers, who was flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A of the 6./JG 1 based at Woensdrecht airfield - (claim) 'Spitfire' / SW Walcheren.
Pilot / 1007 2nd Lt Jens Einer Müller RNorAF (Washed up coast of Belgium after 66 hrs) PoW.
Involved in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. He was one of those who was lucky and made it to Sweden.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1605
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_M%C3%BCller_(pilot)
Luftwaffe claims by Michael Balss
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 November 1942 | BS143 | 331 (Norw.) Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea off Walcheren, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 09:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2013 07:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 16:23 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2017 21:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2018 12:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 21:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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