ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49243
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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1945 |
| Time: | 10:25 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MH761 |
| MSN: | YO-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along Hengelosestraat, Oldenzaal, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.88 Heesch |
Operation - armed recce over Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Unteroffizier G. Sill of the Stab I./JG 1, who was flying Fw 190 D-9 'grüne 8' from Twente airfield.
The German pilot did not survive the encounter either, he was in turn shot down by the Canadian Spitfires.
The pilot, J/11579 F/L R.J. Land RCAF was killed in the crash. He rests at Oldenzaal cemetery; grave 30 3.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5094&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2820584
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=land
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5094&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/spitfire/13062-Spitfire13062.html
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 July 1942 | BL782 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Somme River Estuary |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 19 August 1942 | BS120 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Dieppe | |
sub |
| 13 January 1943 | EN130 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Dunkirk - Sangatte | |
sub |
| 30 November 1943 | MH911 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | North Sea, off Dutch coast | |
w/o |
| 30 April 1945 | MH728 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.88 Heesch Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2017 07:58 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2020 11:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2022 17:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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