ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49014
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| Date: | Saturday 17 March 1945 |
| Time: | 14:15 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | SM473 |
| MSN: | XT-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boonsweg, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludham |
R.A.A.F. Pilot W/O Jack Dawson Green an Australian, attached to R.A.F. No 603 Squadron (City of Edinburgh), was killed after being shot down by German gun fire whilst approaching a truck at the Boonsweg near the Barendrecht Bridge.(bombing railway near Utrecht)
He is buried in the town of Barendrecht and is remembered with a memorial stone placed at the Barendrecht War Memorial. He is also remembered with the naming of the lane after him, and a memorial stone where he came down with his Spitfire in the town of Binnenmaas (The Netherlands)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5388&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Feb-2009 21:04 | Patricia Morgan | Updated |
| 09-Sep-2009 06:03 | anton de man | Updated |
| 10-Sep-2009 11:59 | anton de man | Updated |
| 26-Jul-2010 03:26 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2010 06:57 | Anton de Man | Updated [[Narrative]] |
| 27-Dec-2011 03:36 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2012 11:37 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2012 19:34 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2013 17:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2020 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code] |
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