ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52902
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 April 1942 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | AB425 |
| MSN: | LY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee SW of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson |
Took off at 09:55 hrs for a photo recce flight to Emden, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Grosser of the 1./JG 1, who was flying a Bf 109 from Borkum airfield in Germany.
The RAF pilot is missing in action:
F/Sgt (912386) Charles Matthew Thomas ROGERS (pilot) RAF - Killed
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1489
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1942 | AB422 | 1 PRU RAF | 1 | near Eembos at Alphen, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2011 01:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants] |
| 19-Jan-2012 01:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 01:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Apr-2013 02:46 | fritzelblitz | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2014 07:22 | Anthony COX | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2015 17:23 | SIS07 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2017 19:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2020 13:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2022 17:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2022 08:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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