ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50668
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| Date: | Sunday 29 October 1944 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 66 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PT762 |
| MSN: | LZ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.60 Grimberghen, Belgium |
While engaged in a dive bombing operation to Walcheren (Zeeland), hit by Flak and crash-landed.
The pilot, W/O. J. Shields, was taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4593&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1943 | BL436 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | along the Roosjesweg, Domburg, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 3 November 1944 | PV353 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Klundert, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 November 1944 | PT930 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | Klundert, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 25 December 1944 | SM211 | 66 Sqn RAF | 1 | in a field opposite the Parallelweg road at De Steeg, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 6 February 1945 | SM236 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | 16 km NE of Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 6 February 1945 | SM210 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | Noordlaren - Onnen, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 18 March 1945 | RK913 | 66 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Otterlo, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 1 April 1945 | TB884 | 66 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Biljoen estate, Velp, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Oct-2013 06:12 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2015 20:15 | James JUMP | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2017 17:15 | Red Ragon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 16:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2019 17:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2019 17:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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