ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50130
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| Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 414 (City of Sarnia) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MJ912 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vinkel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brussels-Evere (B.56), Belgium |
Operation - armed recce.
Crashed after being hit by Flak.
The pilot as well as a person on the ground died in the crash.
The deceased pilot, John William Hugh McEachern is buried at the cemetery in Heesch, the Netherlands.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4031&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
htpps://www.bhic.nl/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-vinkel-1940-1945
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Nov-2014 20:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2014 14:35 | Digger | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2019 17:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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