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Date: | Sunday 19 November 1944 |
Time: | 14:15 |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
Owner/operator: | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | PL204 |
MSN: | VZ- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lippramsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | B.80 Volkel |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Flight of 4 Spitfires took off at 13h30 on a dive bombing mission to a bridge neer Veen, Germany. Following bomb release, an armed recce was to be carried out prior to RTB. During the recce, when near Bocholt, 40+ Fw-190s were spotted ahead and 1000 feet higher. The 4 Spitfires immediately began climbing to attack but were themselves jumped from below by more enemy fighters. 3 of the 4 Spitfires were shot down, the 4th RTB'd damaged hiding in cloud. Surviving pilot estimated the number of enemy fighters at 100+.
Pilot of PL204 was: J/37120 Flying Officer James Webster Johnston RCAF
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
412 Sqn RCAF historical microfilms containg flying logs and loss report
F/O Johnston's personel records from DND Archives Canada including loss report
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2055905 http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=37120&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
2 July 1944 |
MK199 |
412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
1 |
20 Miles SE of Caen |
|
w/o |
2 August 1944 |
MJ304 |
412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
0 |
20 miles west of Alencon, near Les Chapelles |
|
sub |
25 September 1944 |
NH322 |
412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
0 |
2 km northeast of Elsendorp, Noord-Brabant |
|
w/o |
1 October 1944 |
ML351 |
412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
1 |
along the Osseweg road, Heesch, Noord-Brabant |
|
w/o |
22 February 1945 |
PL252 |
412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
1 |
Hooge Wijst, Heesch, Noord-Brabant |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Sep-2013 07:48 |
JINX |
Added |
28-Mar-2015 07:52 |
yarbi |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
04-Jun-2015 16:08 |
Angel dick one |
Updated [Operator] |
06-Mar-2022 21:45 |
tachel |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Mar-2022 21:51 |
tachel |
Updated [Source] |
06-Mar-2022 21:52 |
tachel |
Updated [Source] |