ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53555
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| Date: | Friday 24 April 1942 |
| Time: | 16:37-45 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 234 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BL831 |
| MSN: | AZ-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel near Berck-sur-Mer -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ibsley |
"Skagen Ind" was shot down by a Fw 190 of III./JG 26 while flying Circus 132, targeting railway installations at Abbeville. Takeoff at 13:45 hrs.
The body of F/Lt. V.E. Watkins washed up at Callantsoog (Noord-Holland, the Netherlands) on the 10th of July. He rests in Bergen op Zoom cemetery.
Circus – daytime bomber attacks with fighter escorts against short range targets, to occupy enemy fighters and keep them in the area concerned.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1493A
France-Crashes 39-45
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2011 01:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Jan-2012 01:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2017 22:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 11:25 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 16-May-2022 17:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2022 17:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 16-May-2022 17:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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