ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 93928
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| Date: | Friday 29 December 1944 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 331 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PT704 |
| MSN: | FN-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gersten, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.79 Woensdrecht airfield, the Netherlands |
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Hauptmann Robert "Bazzi" Weiss, Kommandeur of the III./JG 54, who was flying Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 'schwarze 10' from Varrelbusch airfield, Niedersachsen.
Captain J.K.B. Raeder did not survive.
The 331 Squadron Spitfires were flying an armed recce operation in the Rheine (Nordrhein-Westfalen) area.
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/weiss.html
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PT704
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' page 378
NVM (III_JG54, s.44); Obermaier s.74; Urbanke, III./JG54 s.460
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 November 1944 | ML144 | 331 (Norw.) Sqn RAF | 1 | Vlodrop, Limburg |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2012 06:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2013 07:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Oct-2013 00:29 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2015 08:22 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 04-Jun-2015 16:27 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2019 18:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2019 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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