ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52696
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1942 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 485 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BL815 |
| MSN: | OU- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goes railway station; Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kings Cliffe (takeoff at 11:50 hrs) |
Operation: Rhubarb - Vlissingen.
Rhubarb – fighter or fighter-bomber sections, at times of low cloud and poor visibility, crossing the English Channel and then dropping below cloud level to search for opportunity targets such as railway locomotives and rolling stock, aircraft on the ground, enemy troops, and vehicles on roads.
The aircraft collided with a telegraph pole and crashed.
The pilot did not survive:
48001 Plt Off Harold William Harrison - / Vlissingen Northern Cemetery Row C, Grave 6.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1699
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 January 1945 | PL394 | 485 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Breda, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 6 January 1945 | NH514 | 485 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Breda, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 8 February 1945 | MK529 | 485 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 1 | Blekenweg 10-12, Haren, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 13 February 1945 | PT856 | 485 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Bakel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2017 09:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2018 07:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 20:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 05:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2020 13:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2022 13:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
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