ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51592
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Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
Time: | 15:11 |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc |
Owner/operator: | 165 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | AR609 |
MSN: | SK-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Westerschelde 10 km SE of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ibsley, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by Oblt. A. Beese of the I./JG 26, flying an Fw 190A from Woensdrecht airfield.
Operation: Ramrod 154
18 B-26s are despatched from 323BG to attack the coke ovens at Ghent, Belgium. 13 of this force are effective on the target. The force was escorted by Spitfires of the RAF.
Pilot: F/Sgt. J.H. Curry 1335808 RAF Runnymede Memorial 136 Washed ashore Terneuzen
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2693&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=20532 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Jul-2018 19:44 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Aug-2018 06:57 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
06-Oct-2018 05:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
23-Jan-2021 17:41 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
22-Jun-2022 16:42 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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