ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53205
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 August 1941 |
| Time: | 19:45 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB |
| Owner/operator: | 71 (Eagle) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z3494 |
| MSN: | XR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Debden, Essex |
| RAF Debden |
Mission : Fighter Sweep. The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Oberstleutnant Adolf Galland of the Stab/JG 26 (based at Audembert airfield in France), who was flying a Bf 109 F-4.
The lifeless body of Pilot Officer V.W. Olson was found at sea near Vrouwenpolder (Zeeland, the Netherlands) on 14 September 1941 and rests at Vlissingen. Aged 28. American Eagle.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1206&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
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Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1. Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crew 1939-1941 Page 134
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 May 1941 | Z3186 | 71 (Eagle) Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jan-2012 02:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants] |
| 25-Nov-2012 11:23 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-May-2013 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2013 03:59 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-May-2015 09:33 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase] |
| 06-May-2016 07:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 16:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 16:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2021 17:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Country, Departure airport, Operator] |
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