ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53116
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| Date: | Friday 3 October 1941 |
| Time: | 15:37 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 92 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AB779 |
| MSN: | QJ-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km N of Ostend, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gravesend Kent |
The aircraft failed to return from a Circus operation targeting the Oostende power plant.
It was shot down by fighter pilot Hauptmann Johannes Seifert of the Stab I./JG 26 (based at Saint-Omer - Clairmarais airfield), who was flying a Bf 109 F-4.
Sergeant G.E.F. Woods Scawen did not survive and washed up near Noordwijk (Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands) on the 20th of October
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1284
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 October 1940 | R6838 | 92 (East India) Sqn RAF | 1 | Thames estuary off Allhallows, Rochester, Kent, England |  |
w/o |
Images:
His grave at Oude begraafplaats in Noordwijk, pictured 26 December 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Jan-2012 14:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2018 20:16 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 03-Apr-2020 19:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2022 14:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Nov-2022 02:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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