ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158473
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| Date: | Monday 10 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI |
| Owner/operator: | 4 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA901 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing around Knocke-Heist, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gatwick, Sussex |
Delivered to RAF Benson 29-1-44. Issued to 4 Squadron 5-3-44. Written off in combat when went missing (failed to return) from PR mission to Hulst over Noball targets at Knocke-Hult, Belgium 10-4-44. Pilot, F/O Ian Alexander Turnbull posted as Killed In Action. His name is on the Runnymede memorial. Son of John Rutherford Turnbull, M.C., and Dorothy Helena Wellesley Turnbull; husband of Margaret Turnbull, of Glapwell, Derbyshire.
Crew:
F/O (127.222) Ian Alexander TURNBULL (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p084.html
3. https://www.cranston-military-prints.com/aircrew-history.php?AircrewID=9731
4. http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/gatwick%20wartime%20history.pdf
5.http: // www.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 04:58 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Dec-2014 18:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2015 19:28 | Tu144 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2022 06:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
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