ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54164
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Fokker T.V |
| Owner/operator: | 2-I-1 LvR, Wapen der Militaire Luchtvaart (ML) |
| Registration: | 855 |
| MSN: | 5450 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Kijkduin, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schiphol airfield (takeoff at 06:45 hrs) |
| Ockenburg airfield |
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Leutnant Gustav Sprick of the 8./JG 26, who was flying a Bf 109E from Essen-Mülheim airfield in Germany. Only one crew member survived. This was Swagerman. He landed with his parachute into the sea and swam to shore. The other crew members; Steenbeek, Smoolenaars, Vallentgoed and Janse died:
Vlieger Res.2e Lt.Vl. N. Steenbeek ML / Kerkhoflaan cemetery in Den Haag; grave 4
2e Vlieger Res.2e Lt.Vl. A.H. Smoolenaars ML / buried at sea
Waarnemer Res.2e Lt.Wnr. B. Swagerman ML / returned to duty
Telegrafist Kpl.Vlgt.tel. H. Vallentgoed ML / Grebbeberg cemetery in Utrecht province; grave 6A-1
Schutter Korp. A. Jansen ML / Grebbeberg cemetery; grave 9-12
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0080&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
Google Maps
https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/home/1940-05-10-fokker-t-v
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Feb-2016 10:47 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2020 13:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2020 13:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 18-Oct-2022 12:56 | Cobar | Updated [Cn] |
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