ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51377
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AP254 |
| MSN: | SY-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea near Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snailwell, Cambridgeshire |
Flt Lt William Tinsley Hawkins DFC RNZAF (Service Number NZ41986), of 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron, in Mustang I AP254, on a recce flight, posted as MIA/KIA. The aircraft was shot down by fighters of Jagdgeschwader 6.
Operation: Jim Crow – coastal patrols to intercept enemy aircraft crossing the British coastline; originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940
Takeoff time: 06:20
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2900A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=18456
Flight November 4 1943 at http://www.flightglobacom/pdfarchive/view/1943/1943%20-%202656.html
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Wartime&action=print&thread=1309
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Sep-2011 13:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 20-Jan-2014 23:09 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 17:58 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-Sep-2018 07:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2018 06:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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