ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94902
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| Date: | Sunday 26 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XVIII |
| Owner/operator: | 127 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | SM178 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | E of Vörden, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.58 Melsbroek |
Issued to 8 MU Cosford 19/10/44, and to 127 Squadron 09/11/44, Hit by Flak while attacking rail targets east of Vorden, Netherlands, and crash landed short of fuel. Force landed safely behind allied lines, 26.11.44 (am), pilot F/Sgt WADE injured '
(Vorden is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, about 10 kilometres south-east of Zutphen, at approximate co-ordinates: 52°6′15″N 6°18′47″E)
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/index.php
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p100.htm
https://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/45032
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorden
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2012 15:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants] |
| 25-Apr-2013 02:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2013 21:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2017 15:55 | Red Ragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
| 13-Feb-2018 16:42 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 24-Jun-2022 22:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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