ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53437
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| Date: | Saturday 15 February 1941 |
| Time: | 13:25 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 615 (County of Surrey) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3231 |
| MSN: | KW- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schelde River, 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 Hurricanes of 615 Squadron were intercepted by Messerschmitt Bf 109E's of the I./JG 52, based at Katwijk airfield. The aircraft was shot down in this aerial battle, either by Oberleutnant Karl-Heinz Leesmann of the 2. Staffel or by Feldwebel Heinz Ahnert of the 3. Staffel.
The pilot, F/O. D.G.A. Stewart, did not survive and is buried at the Adegem RCAF War Cemetery in Belgium, grave III AB 7.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0950A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
LW aerial claims by Michael Balss
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1 Page 107.
CWGC
http://www.associations.rafinfo.org.uk/code_names.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jan-2012 02:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2016 07:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2016 18:16 | Black Jack | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2019 18:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2022 00:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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