ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90254
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1944 |
| Time: | 09:10 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XII |
| Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MB881 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea near Sark, Channel Islands -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bolt Head, Devon |
Flg Off. Kenneth Basil Robinson, (Eire) - died.
Op. Roadstead No. 127, close escort to RP-firing Typhoons. Shipping strike on St Peter Port.
Hit by flak (radiator) and the pilot baled out into the sea, southeast of Sark.
Despite repeated efforts to save him by ASR aircraft the pilot did not survive.
Kenneth Robinson is buried in Monachorum Cemetery, Devon.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160312235442/http://brew.clients.ch/fcwdentries.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2011 13:47 | ThW | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 04:04 | angels one five | Updated |
| 01-Jan-2012 13:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 10-Sep-2013 08:11 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2015 08:22 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 21:15 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
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