ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50731
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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1944 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 302 (Poznanski) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML358 |
| MSN: | WX-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.61 Sint-Denijs-Westrem (B) |
No. 302 "City of Poznań" Polish Fighter Squadron -- Hit by Flak while engaged in an armed recce operation; belly-landed.
The Polish pilot, F/Lt E Z Ebenrytter, was taken prisoner of war but on the 21st of October, escaped from a prisoner of war train; awarded MC.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4540&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.avialogs.com/index.php/aircraft-production-data/spitfire-and-seafire/ml358.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 December 1944 | MK370 | 302 (Poznanski) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Zouteveen, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 10 February 1945 | TB132 | 302 (Poznanski) Sqn RAF | 0 | Ganzenweg - Kanaalweg roads at Landhorst, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Nov-2016 10:30 | wittyhawk | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2017 18:16 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Oct-2019 19:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2020 09:41 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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