ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53257
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 August 1941 |
| Time: | 19:10 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Va |
| Owner/operator: | 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X4663 |
| MSN: | XT- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
Operation - Circus
Went missing while escorting Blenheims to St.Omer; crashed in the North Sea.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Leutnant Erich Rudorffer of the 6./JG 2 (based at Abbeville-Drucat airfield in France), who was flying a Bf 109F.
P/O (60085) Nigel Howard Coupland KEABLE (pilot) RAFVR / killed
He rests at Noordwijk cemetery in Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1159&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
ORB 603 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-Dec-2011 02:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2015 06:32 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2020 12:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2020 10:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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