Date:	Tuesday 30 January 1945
Time:	11:40
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
Owner/operator:	43 (China-British) Sqn RAF
Registration:	PT534
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Taglio di Po -   Italy
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 30 January 1945 Flt Lt Creed, commander of B Flight of 43 Sqn RAF, led 6 Spitfires in an attack on barges north of Adria, but his Spitfire IX PT534 was hit pulling out of his dive. He was heard to call "Mayday", before calmly stating that he was baling out just north of the Po. He ended in a POW camp after an unpleasant interlude with the Gestapo.

British sources say this Spitfire was abandoned off Adria. A German document about his loss (reference ME7266) registered that this Spitfire crashed at 1140 hrs at Taglio di Po, ESE of Adria.

"The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron", by Jimmy Beedle. ISBN 978-1684884-385-1
"Osprey Aviation Elite Units 9: No 43 "Fighting Cocks" Squadron", by Andy Saunders, ISBN 1-84176-439-6
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p092.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.rafcommands.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=printer_format&om=358&forum=DCForumID7] (no more online)
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taglio_di_Po
http://www.maplandia.com/italy/veneto/rovigo/taglio-di-po/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Sep-2013 02:52	JINX	Added
01-Oct-2013 08:08	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
02-Oct-2013 01:18	JINX	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
29-Mar-2015 18:36	Jixn	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
06-Jun-2015 15:51	Angel dick one	Updated [Operator]
09-Jan-2018 09:35	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]