ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53605
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 April 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 3 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | X4712 |
| MSN: | 1274 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
On April 9, 1941 Flying Officer J.H.L Blount, DFC (33471) left RAF Oakington in Cambridgeshire with his Spitfire X4712 ("LY-E") of 3 PRU, RAF. The purpose of this flight was photo reconnaissance over the port of Bremen. He was attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 piloted by Fw. Rudolf Mickel.
The Spitfire was seriously damaged and F/O Blount was forced into a 'belly landing' on the island of Texel. The Spitfire was destroyed by fire, it is not clear if the fire was started due to an overheated engine, or the Bf-109. He was taken prisoner by the Germans and spent the remainder of the war in prison camps Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.
After his release in 1945 he returned to his career in the RAF and progressed through the ranks. In 1967 he was Captain of the Queen's Flight and was tragically killed, together with three other crew members, when the Whirlwind HCC.12 XR487, in which he was travelling to RAF Yeovilton, lost a rotor blade and crashed at Brightwalton in Berkshire.
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p015.html
3. http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem25.htm
4. http://histomil.com/viewtopic.php?t=13294
5. Photos of burning wreckage: http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/img1A1.jpg
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?99&p=457#457
7. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/X4712
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Apr-2010 11:28 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 07:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2013 06:08 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2015 17:08 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 08-May-2019 08:55 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 24-May-2019 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2022 23:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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