ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52591
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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | 13:10 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | AB422 |
| MSN: | LY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Eembos at Alphen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Heston Middlesex |
Operation - photo recce to Kassel, Germany; failed to return.
The aircraft was shot down by Unteroffizier Albert Brett of the 10./JG 1 based at Deelen airfield and flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A. It was his first victory.
25-year-old Sergeant F.C. Evans did not survive and rests in Tilburg cemetery.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1791
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm
C.2031/II + Prien/Bock
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 April 1942 | AB425 | 1 PRU RAF | 1 | Waddenzee SW of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jan-2012 02:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2014 06:43 | Digger | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2017 10:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2020 08:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2022 10:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2022 10:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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