ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54292
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Fokker G.1 Mercury |
| Owner/operator: | 2-II-1 LvR, Wapen der Militaire Luchtvaart |
| Registration: | 319 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maas river near Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Waalhaven airfield |
Takeoff at 03:45 hrs to engage the Luftwaffe, while He 111 aircraft of II./KG 4 were on bombing approach to the airfield.
The aircraft was shot down in aerial combat. The pilot, Res.2e Lt.Vl. J. van der Jagt, did not survive and rests at the Noorderbegraafplaats cemetery in Vlissingen, Zeeland.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0069&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Mar-2020 13:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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