ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 91325
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 September 1942 |
| Time: | 11:10 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 521 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AB131 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | the German night-fighter base of Sint-Truiden. -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
Spitfire AB131: Took off for a training flight from RAF Bircham Newton at 10:25 hrs.01/09/ 1942.
Aircraft failed to return from a practice high altitude navigation exercise,
Crew:
P/O (J/15379) Carlyle Edgar HEGGVEIT (pilot) RCAF: POW
Sources:
1.ORB 521 Sqdn RAF
2.AIR81/17727
3.CWGC
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