Accident Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI PA933,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158486
 
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Date:Thursday 31 August 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI
Owner/operator:16 Sqn RAF
Registration: PA933
MSN: EE-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Blackbushe, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Spitfire PA933/J: Missing on PR mission to Lille. 31/08/1944
Pilot:
P/O (178525) Herbert Edgar William COLGATE RAFVR - Missing, presumed killed.

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 3.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Aug-2013 05:45 JINX Added
27-Mar-2015 19:03 Jixon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
08-Jul-2016 14:10 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2018 17:11 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative]
11-Jun-2022 21:44 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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