ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 91115
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Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
Time: | 19:40 |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
Owner/operator: | 485 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | BM383 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Abbeville, Somme -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wittering |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by German Luftwaffe fighter ace Robert "Bazzi" Weiss.
According to Spitfire production records, aircraft reported missing in Dieppe area, south of Abbeville.
Pilot: Sgt S F Browne, RNZAF - PoW, escaped.
Sources:
1.
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/weiss.html 2.
www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p026.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jan-2012 10:43 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport] |
01-Jan-2018 19:33 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
13-Jan-2020 20:12 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
07-Jul-2022 00:22 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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