ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50715
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 October 1944 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 331 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PV153 |
| MSN: | FN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Venlo, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.60 Grimberghen, Belgium |
While engaged in dive bombing, hit by Flak and crashed.
The Norwegian pilot, Capt. K.M. Kopperub, was taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4547A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.luftwaffe.no/Table2.htm
RAF Fighter Command Losses of World War 2. Volume 3.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1943 | AB457 | 331 (Norw.) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Nieuwendijk, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2016 10:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2017 17:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2019 17:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2021 16:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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