ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53118
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 October 1941 |
| Time: | 13:50 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 91 (Nigeria) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W3422 |
| MSN: | DL-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off Calais -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawkinge, Kent |
The aircraft was shot down by a Bf 109 while escorting an Air Sea Rescue launch off Calais. Sergeant G.W. Baker did not survive and washed up at Kijkduin (Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands) on the 19th of October. He rests at Den Haag cemetery; grave 1 2.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1281A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1945 | LA229 | 91 (Nigeria) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 13 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 10 April 1945 | LA203 | 91 (Nigeria) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 13 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:53 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Jan-2012 15:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2017 09:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 03-Apr-2020 19:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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