Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX BS310,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49860
 
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Date:Wednesday 27 September 1944
Time:12:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
Owner/operator:453 Sqn RAAF
Registration: BS310
MSN: FU-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Arnhem, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 11:50 hrs for a patrol in the Arnhem area.
The pilot, F/O. D.C. Johns, abandoned the aircraft and evaded capture.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4406&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 December 1944 SM187 453 Sqn RAAF 0 Duindigt, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
21-Sep-2019 19:18 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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