ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49180
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| Date: | Thursday 8 February 1945 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV |
| Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RM805 |
| MSN: | OI- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Huijbergen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen |
| B.77 Gilze-Rijen |
Takeoff at 08:39 hrs for an armed recce operation to Kleve, Germany.
The Spit suffered engine failure owing to fuel exhaustion near the end of a tactical recce flight. The aircraft ran out of fuel due to the weather conditions.
The pilot made a forced landing in a field near Huijbergen but did not survive.
Flt/Lt (NZ414315) George Keith Malcomson RNZAF - killed in a flying accident.
George Malcolmson is buried in Bergen-op-Zoom Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5216&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2. Spitfire production list
3. Errol Martyn
4. Hereward; Second to None. The history of No.II(AC) Squadron 1912-2018 by Hans Onderwater MBE, Squadron Historian
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 December 1944 | RM811 | 2 Sqn RAF | 1 | Noorderweg 35, Arnhem, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 27 February 1945 | RM708 | 2 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Venlo, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Dec-2014 23:18 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2015 11:05 | Xindel X | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2018 09:33 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2020 09:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2020 16:34 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
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