ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53389
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| Date: | Saturday 17 May 1941 |
| Time: | 18:10 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB |
| Owner/operator: | 71 (Eagle) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z3186 |
| MSN: | XR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk |
| RAF Martlesham Heath |
Interception. The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Heinz Bretnütz of the Stab II./JG 53, who was flying a Bf 109 F-2 from Arques airfield, France.
The pilot, P/O. S.M. Kolendorski, is buried at Rockanje (Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands). His lifeless body washed ashore on the 13th of August 1941.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1035A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1 Page 117.
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 August 1941 | Z3494 | 71 (Eagle) Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 09:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase] |
| 09-Apr-2016 18:30 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2019 07:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2019 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2021 17:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator] |
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