ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53434
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| Date: | Saturday 15 February 1941 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 615 (County of Surrey) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V7651 |
| MSN: | KW-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sint Laurens-Brigdamme, Middelburg, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Greater London |
Takeoff at 11:40 LT for a Rhubarb operation in the Oostende (Belgium) - Vlissingen (Zeeland) area.
The pilot, Sgt. A.C. Fotheringham, was intercepted by Messerschmitt Bf 109E's of the I./JG 52 (based at Katwijk airfield) and tried to shake off the attackers by flying low, at 3 metres. In doing so, the aircraft hit some trees with its left wing and crash-landed. The RAF pilot was taken prisoner of war and ended up in Stalag Luft 6.
The Luftwaffe pilot Oberleutnant Karl-Heinz Leesmann is credited with the victory.
Rhubarb - low-level strike operation mounted in cloudy condition against enemy targets in Occupied Countries
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0950&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1
https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/memorix/ef81b290-a9e2-a617-f7ed-d2b54ce0a075
LW aerial claims by Michael Balss
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jan-2012 02:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Mar-2016 06:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2016 19:10 | Giggs | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Feb-2019 09:51 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2019 18:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2019 18:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 18-Jun-2022 09:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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