ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49541
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| Date: | Monday 11 December 1944 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NH481 |
| MSN: | 4D- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Woeste Hoeve, Apeldoorn, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp /Deurne, Belgium |
Took off from Antwerp B70 for a meteo recce flight in the Amersfoort area. This was for a bombing raid on the V1 sites in the area. Secondary mission, to seek and destroy enemy ground movements.
According to an eye witness, the aircraft was shot down whilst strafing an armoured column moving from Arnhem to Apeldoorn. The aircraft crashed by the side of the road just south of Groenendaal and contrary to official reports, was not destoyed by fire.
Pilot, Flying Officer Douglas Haig Over, succumbed to his injuries and rests at the Oosterbeek War Cemetery; grave 4 D 1. The inscription reads:
"PRAISES ON TOMBS ARE VAINLY SPENT A GOOD NAME IS A MONUMENT"
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4801&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
2019 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 November 1944 | PV138 | 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Klundert, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 13 February 1945 | ML380 | 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF | 0 | B.85 Schijndel Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 25 February 1945 | PV311 | 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF | 1 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Mar-2009 04:20 | gdryland | Updated |
| 02-Mar-2009 04:21 | gdryland | Updated |
| 04-Mar-2009 09:07 | gdryland | Updated |
| 24-Oct-2019 19:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2021 09:14 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 02:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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