Incident Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX PL186,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50641
 
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Date:Saturday 20 January 1945
Time:12:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF
Registration: PL186
MSN: VZ-MA
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Koepel de Kaap, Beekhuizenseweg, Rheden, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.88 Heesch
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 10:20 hrs for an armed recce operation to Osnabrück in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
F/Lt. B.E. MacPherson was taken prisoner of war.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5135&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
08-Sep-2013 03:50 JINX Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
29-Mar-2015 18:35 Jixon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
04-Jun-2015 16:09 Angel dick one Updated [Operator]
18-Jan-2020 21:07 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]

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