ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49076
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1945 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIV |
| Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RM708 |
| MSN: | OI- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Venlo, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen |
Glycol leak and baled out near Venlo, while engaged in a tactical recce operation. Landed in no man's land. Picked up by control car and returned safely.
Pilot:- Flt Lt L H W Woodbridge.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5326&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
RAF Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 3.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 December 1944 | RM811 | 2 Sqn RAF | 1 | Noorderweg 35, Arnhem, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 8 February 1945 | RM805 | 2 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Huijbergen, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Apr-2017 17:21 | Red Dragon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 11:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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