ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50678
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| Date: | Saturday 28 October 1944 |
| Time: | 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI |
| Owner/operator: | 400 (City of Toronto) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PL925 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Baak, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven airfield |
Had taken off for a photo recce operation to Münster, Germany.
Crashed under unknown circumstances. Either shot down or a technical failure of the plane.
The pilot died in the crash.
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) William Wallace Kennedy, J/9434,
Royal Canadian Air Force, 400 Sqdn.
He is buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Baak.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4584&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://nl.tracesofwar.com/artikel/20839/Oorlogsgraf-van-het-Gemenebest-Baak.htm
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Sep-2013 02:44 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2015 20:16 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2015 16:11 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2019 08:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2019 08:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
| 07-Feb-2020 13:53 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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