ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52218
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| Date: | Friday 22 January 1943 |
| Time: | 15:01 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 268 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AP243 |
| MSN: | -G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km S of IJzendijke, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snailwell, Norfolk |
Took part in an offensive diversionary sweep over Holland and Belgium with intense accurate Flak encountered on landfall at 51°23’North and 3° 30’East.
Aircraft continued to Sas van Gent, south to ten miles of Gent and then northwest and north and out northwest of Knokke with Flak positions attacked en route. Nine Fw 190’s encountered off coast and these were attacked with one enemy aircraft claimed destroyed and one probable.
NM-G was hit by the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 594 and crash-landed near the hamlet of Het Molentje. He survived the crash-landing of his aircraft and was on the run for two days before being captured. He was arrested 24 January 1943 at Biervliet (about 5 km east of IJzendijke) and made a PoW for the remainder of the War.
Mustang AP243 crashed on land of Mr Dellaert, what was near IJzendijke (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen), province Zeeland, Netherlands, at 15:21 hrs.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1998&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.rafcommands.com/dcforum/DCForumID6/10980.html
http://www.wingstovictory.nl/database/pdf/220-story.pdf
Colin Ford (historian 268 Squadron RAF), via SGLO Bulletin 416-08
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 March 1945 | FR938 | 268 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Sep-2011 13:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2011 19:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2011 05:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Jan-2018 10:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2021 11:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 11:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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