ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51904
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AG646 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km west of Bergen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
The Honourable Thomas Henry Jordan Sackville joined 613 Sqn as a Pilot Officer from 41OTU on 13/10/42. On 14/5/43 Sackville (in Mustang I AG646) along with F/Lt Dooley (in Mustang I AP207) were flying on a "Lagoon"/shipping recce from Coltishall covering the Dutch coast from Bergen to Texel. Both aircraft were shot down: Sackville was killed and Dooley became PoW.
On 14/5/43 Feldwebel Max Winkler of the 2./JG 27 (flying a Bf 109G from Leeuwarden airfield) claimed to have shot down two Mustangs: one 20 km West of Bergen, and the other 45 km West of Bergen. These were AG646 and AP207.
Call Sign: SY-
Takeoff time: 13:45
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2313A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4758-613-squadron-Mustang-pilot
http://www.defensie.nl/media/verliesregister_1943_tcm46-154754.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Sep-2011 14:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2011 23:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 14-May-2018 16:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2018 16:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2018 06:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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