ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89256
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Date: | Saturday 11 May 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 1/I/2 Aéronautique Militaire Belge |
Registration: | G-27 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Waremme, Liège -
Belgium
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Beauvechain (B) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Pilot: Capitaine Marc Emile Marius Guisgand, later died of wounds.
Dogfight five German pilots (all from 1./JG 1 against Gladiator -34, 17, 22 é 27.
forced landing in a field after that his Gloster (G.27) had been damaged by enemy fire and he was wounded in the face. The aircraft was later burned.
Sources:
1.
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_belgium.htm 2.
https://www.belgian-wings.be/gloster-gladiator Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Jan-2011 13:09 |
ThW |
Added |
03-Feb-2011 14:28 |
ThW |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
28-Jun-2022 23:30 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
13-Nov-2022 20:42 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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