ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49705
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| Date: | Friday 3 November 1944 |
| Time: | 13:50 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 332 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PL167 |
| MSN: | AH-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Oostvliet, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.60 Grimberghen (B) |
Takeoff at 13:45 hrs for a fighter sweep in the Klundert area, Noord-Brabant.
While attacking Flak positions, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed. The Norwegian pilot, Fnr. Eik Sunde, did not survive and was initially buried in the Netherlands but his mortal remains were reinterred at the Oslo/Vestre Gravlund in 1946. The grave is located at 01.026.08.002.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4629&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.luftwaffe.no/Table2.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Sep-2013 03:48 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2015 20:26 | James JUMP | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-Nov-2016 15:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2019 16:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2020 10:52 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 03:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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