ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53084
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| Date: | Monday 27 October 1941 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB |
| Owner/operator: | 615 (County of Surrey) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z3464 |
| MSN: | KW-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Ostend, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent (takeoff at 13:15 local time) |
Written off 27 October 1941: downed by Flak during a "Rhubarb" operation over the Netherlands coast. Crashed into the North Sea (Noordzee) north west of Knokke-le-Zoute.
Sgt. D.A. Potts washed up on the Dutch coast and rests in Vlissingen cemetery (Zeeland).
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1317A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2. http://databankzeelandwo2.nl/index.php/databanken/zeeland/militairen-per-gemeente?option=com_hbd_data&RecordID=82&Welke_database=HBDVliegtuigen
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 October 1941 | Z3028 | 615 (County of Surrey) Sqn RAF | 1 | ammunition bunker at Vlissingen airfield, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jan-2012 02:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2015 03:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 12:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 12:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Nov-2022 02:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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