ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53031
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| Date: | Sunday 28 December 1941 |
| Time: | 14:05 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | AA804 |
| MSN: | 2166. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Takeoff at 10:40 hrs for a photo recce operation to Düsseldorf, Germany. On the evening of the 27th, RAF Bomber Command had raided the German city.
The aircraft suffered engine trouble which forced the pilot to put it down.
30/03/1944 50896 Flight Lieutenant Charles Piers Egerton Hall MiD, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 1 PRU, Pilot, POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY, Coll. grave 9. A., son of Aubrey and Marcella Egerton-Hall, of Kingston-On-Thames, Surrey. Executed by Gestapo after The Great Escape.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1371&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Piers_Egerton_Hall
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Sep-2011 18:11 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 07:39 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2012 03:00 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2013 11:05 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2013 17:05 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 13-Apr-2020 18:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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