ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53826
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| Date: | Thursday 22 August 1940 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 54 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R6708 |
| MSN: | 762 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | England Channel, off Deal, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
Spitfire 1a R6708: First Flown 8-6-40. Delivered to the RAF at 9 MU Cosford 9-6-40. To 54 Squadron at RAF Hornchurch, Essex as 'KL-S' 12-6-40.
Shot down 22-8-40 during combat with Bf 109s over the The Channel, off Deal, Kent.
Crew:
Sgt G.R. Collett (pilot) RAF - killed.
Sgt Collett's grave is at Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, Netherlands, as his body was washed ashore on the Netherlands coast.
Crew: Sgt George Richard Collett (pilot, Service Number 745500, aged 24) - killed
Formally Struck Off Charge on 29-8-40 as Cat.E(Missing)
Sources:
1. The Battle of Britain Then and Now.
2. http://allspitfirepilots.org/pilots/1295
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) Filre AIR81/2721: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16472056
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2033597/collett,-george-richard/
5. https://goodwinsandssos.org/save-our-shipwrecks/
6. http://www.the-battle-of-britain.co.uk/pilots/Co-pilots.html
7. https://forum.keypublishing.com/forum/historic-aviation/104435-54-squadron-spitfire-individual-id-letter?p=2329427#post2329427
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Mar-2011 22:17 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 13:10 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2012 01:49 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2015 16:52 | sandman56 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-May-2019 01:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2019 12:52 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Jul-2022 23:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Jun-2023 16:26 | Nepa | Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
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