ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160521
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| Date: | Monday 7 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXe |
| Owner/operator: | 453 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PL441 |
| MSN: | FU-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | No trace -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B11 Longues-sur-Mer |
Departed B11 on fighter sweep encountered flak attacking MT. Fg Off Gates has no known grave and is remembered on Panel 257 of the Runnymede Memorial.
Pilot:
F/O (Aus409103) E C Gates RAAF - Killed
R.I.P.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 3.
http://www.raafdb.com/view_casualty.asp?id=882
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=7079
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 February 1945 | SM255 | 453 Sqn RAAF | 0 | Hoofdweg road at Abbenes, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2013 19:52 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Mar-2015 18:14 | Lotos | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2016 19:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 07:30 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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