ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53553
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| Date: | Monday 27 April 1942 |
| Time: | 16:06 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | ON-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel north of Dunkerque, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill |
Lost on Circus 141; the aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Joachim Müncheberg of the Stab II./JG 26, who was flying an Fw 190A from Abbeville-Drucat airfield in the Somme département.
The Czech pilot, Sgt. Z. Kothera, did not survive. He washed up at Texel island in the Netherlands (beach pole 22) on the 27th of June.
Circus – daytime bomber attacks with fighter escorts against short range targets, to occupy enemy fighters and keep them in the area concerned.
Takeoff time: 14:45
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1494B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
LW Claims by Michael Balss (C.2036/II)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1942 | W3332 | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel 5 miles NW of Berck, Pas-de-Calais département | |
w/o |
| 19 November 1942 | BR569 | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF | 0 | Westerschelde between Vlissingen and Breskens, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 25 March 1945 | RK860 | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF | 1 | Kortrijk hamlet, Breukelen, Utrecht | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2011 01:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Jan-2012 02:21 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2012 05:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 23-Jan-2012 12:00 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2017 08:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 18-Apr-2020 15:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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