ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51595
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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
| Time: | 15:04 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AA755 |
| MSN: | TM-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | main road at Broek in Waterland, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Patrington |
F/O. Jack Jagger taking part in Ramrod 154 when shot down at location above. A very experienced pilot who although survived this loss as a PoW was later killed in Meteor WK657 whilst serving with 92 Sqn on 14.8.1952.
The Spitfire was shot down by Hauptmann Schnell of the III./JG 54, flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Schiphol airfield.
Operation: Ramrod 154
18 B-26s are despatched from 323BG to attack the coke ovens at Ghent, Belgium. 13 of this force are effective on the target. The force was escorted by Spitfires of the RAF.
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2696&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/jagger-jack.html
Images:
Aircrew Remembered own research work
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Nov-2015 07:51 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:41 | Lotos | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2018 20:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2018 05:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2018 06:57 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2018 05:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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