ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50131
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| Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MH363 |
| MSN: | FY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sluisweg road, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex |
Takeoff at 15:00 hrs for an armed recce operation to Amsterdam, Noord-Holland.
During an attack on a fuel truck, the thing exploded and the aircraft crashed killing the pilot F/Lt. L.V. King. He is commemorated at: Hardinxveld (Boven Hardinxveld) General Cemetery Netherlands. Plot 17. Row 26. Grave 70.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4032&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
RAF 611 Sqdn ORB
source: book: De Waard in Oorlogstijd
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 3.
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1942 | BM301 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Eastbourne, East Sussex, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 July 1943 | AR610 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 15 km west of Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 6 August 1943 | AR336 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 7,5 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 23 August 1943 | P8545 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea 10 km W of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 23 August 1943 | EP393 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 5 km W of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 29 October 1944 | PL953 | 4 Sqn RAF | 0 | 6 km SW of Tiel, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Sep-2019 17:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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