ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49660
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| Date: | Friday 10 November 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 2 (AC) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FR916 |
| MSN: | XV- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rijkerswoerd, Arnhem, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
EX-USAAF 43-6209 to RAF as Mustang II FR916. To 2 Squadron RAF as "XV-J".
Takeoff at 14:27 hrs for a tactical recce operation and failed to return.
The pilot, F/Lt. J.A. Swanson, did not survive and is buried at the Bergen op Zoom cemetery in Noord-Brabant; grave 24 C 8.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4667&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html
http://www.defensie.nl/media/verliesregister_1944_tcm46-154755.pdf
www.lingewaard.eu/websites/.../download.asp?
'Second to None', H Onderwater
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 October 1944 | FR924 | 2 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Weimerstraat 11, Wernhout, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 7 November 1944 | FR907 | 2 (AC) Sqn RAF | 0 | east-southeast of Angeren, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 6 December 1944 | FR891 | 2 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Breda, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Oct-2011 13:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2011 13:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 06:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 21-Aug-2017 15:44 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2019 09:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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